1 Samuel 20:27
David's place was still empty the day after the New Moon Festival. Saul asked Jonathan: Why has that son of Jesse not come to eat with us? He was not here yesterday, and he still is not here today!
1 Samuel 18:11
Saul balanced the spear in his hand and said: I will give David a blow! I will pin him to the wall. David got away from him twice.
1 Samuel 19:9-10
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.
1 Samuel 19:15
Then Saul sent messengers to see David. They said: Bring him up to me on his bed. I will put him to death.
1 Samuel 22:7-9
He said to his officials: Listen to me men of Benjamin! Will Jesse's son give every one of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all officers over a regiment or a battalion of soldiers?
1 Samuel 22:13-14
Saul asked him: Why did you and Jesse's son plot against me? You gave him bread and a sword. You even prayed to God that he could rise up against me and ambush me, as he is doing now.
1 Samuel 25:10
This is what he said: Who does this David think he is? That son of Jesse is just one more slave on the run from his master. There are too many of them now days.
Isaiah 11:1-2
There must go forth a twig out of the stump of Jesse. A branch (sprout) (shoot) (descendant) from his roots will bear fruit.
Matthew 13:55
Is this man the carpenter's son? Is his mother called Mary? Are his brothers James and Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
1 Peter 2:4
You came to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen and precious with God.