1 Samuel 17:28

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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

And Samuel took the horn with the ointment and anointed him in the presence of his brethren. And the spirit of the LORD came upon David, from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

When his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him and could not speak one kind word unto him.

The unity of brethren is stronger than a castle, and they that hold together are like the bar of a palace.

Wrath is a cruel thing, and furiousness is a very tempest; yea, who is able to abide envy?

Again, I saw that all travail and diligence of labour was hated of every man. This is also a vain thing, and a vexation of mind.

And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

For he knew well, that for envy they had delivered him.

And when they that longed unto him heard of it, they went out to hold him. For they said, "He is too fervent."

With

And David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper, and took and went, as Jesse had commanded him, and came where the host lay. And the host was going out in array, and shouted in the battle:

I know

But the LORD said unto Samuel, "Look not on his fashion nor on the height of his stature, for I have refused him. Because it is not as man seeth. For man looketh on the outward appearance: but the LORD beholdeth the heart."

False witnesses are risen up, and lay to my charge things that I know not.

But these speak evil of those things which they know not. In those things which they know naturally - as beasts which are without reason - they corrupt themselves.

General references

And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.