Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
Evil spirit
General references
Bible References
Evil spirit
Judges 9:23
And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the lords of Shechem, and the lords of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,
1 Kings 22:22
He said, 'I will go out and I will be a false spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And he said, 'You shall entice and succeed, go out and do so.'
Acts 19:15
But the evil spirit answered [and] said to them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with, but who are you?"
General references
Deuteronomy 28:28
Yahweh shall afflict you with madness and with blindness and with confusion of heart.
1 Samuel 19:9
Then the evil spirit from Yahweh came upon Saul while he was sitting in his house [with] his spear in his hand. And David [was] playing a stringed instrument in [his] hand.