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

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

And a man's foes will be those of his own household.

For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

And when his family heard it, they went out to take charge of him: for they said, "He is out of his mind."

With

David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the place of the wagons, as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.

I know

But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him. For man does not see as God sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I do not know about.

But these speak evil of whatever things they do not know. What they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, they are destroyed in these things.

General references

And a man's foes will be those of his own household.