1 Samuel 17:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

Eliab's anger

With

1 Samuel 17:20

I know

1 Samuel 16:7

Psalm 35:11

Jude 1:10

General references

Matthew 10:36

Bible References

Eliab's anger

So Samuel took the horn of oil, anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the Lord took control of David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him.

An offended brother is harder to reach
than a fortified city,
and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress.

Fury is cruel, and anger a flood,
but who can withstand jealousy?

I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to a man’s jealousy of his friend. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

and a man’s enemies will be
the members of his household.

For he knew they had handed Him over because of envy.

When His family heard this, they set out to restrain Him, because they said, “He’s out of His mind.”

With

So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with someone to keep it, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him.

He arrived at the perimeter of the camp as the army was marching out to its battle formation shouting their battle cry.

I know

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature, because I have rejected him. Man does not see what the Lord sees, for man sees what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.”

Malicious witnesses come forward;
they question me about things I do not know.

But these people blaspheme anything they don’t understand. What they know by instinct like unreasoning animals—they destroy themselves with these things.

General references

and a man’s enemies will be
the members of his household.