Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

General references

Bible References

Evil spirit

Judges 9:23
Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,
1 Kings 22:22
The Lord said to him, ‘How?’ And he said, ‘I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then He said, ‘You are to entice him and also prevail. Go and do so.’
Acts 19:15
And the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

General references

Deuteronomy 28:28
The Lord will smite you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart;
1 Samuel 19:9
Now there was an evil spirit from the Lord on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was playing the harp with his hand.

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