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
God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem. The men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
1 Kings 22:22
How will you deceive him? Jehovah asked. The spirit replied: I will make all of Ahab's prophets tell lies. Jehovah said: Go and deceive him. You will succeed.
Acts 19:15
The evil spirit answered and said to them: Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?
General references
Deuteronomy 28:28
You will become insane and go blind. Jehovah will make you so confused,
1 Samuel 19:9
One night, David was in Saul's home, playing the harp for him. Saul sat there with a spear in his hand. The distressing spirit from Jehovah took control of him.