Saul's Jealousy of David
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Now it had happened as they were coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter of the Philistine, that e the women had come out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments.
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So the women f sang as they danced, and said:
g "Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands."
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Then Saul was very angry, and the saying h displeased him; and he said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but i the kingdom?"
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So Saul eyed David from that day forward.
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And it happened on the next day that j the distressing spirit from God came upon Saul, k and he prophesied inside the house. So David l played music with his hand, as at other times; m but there was a spear in Saul's hand.
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And Saul n cast the spear, for he said, "I will pin David to the wall!" But David escaped his presence twice.
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Now Saul was o afraid of David, because p the LORD was with him, but had q departed from Saul.
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Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and r he went out and came in before the people.
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And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and s the LORD was with him.
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Therefore, when Saul saw that he behaved very wisely, he was afraid of him.
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But t all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
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1 Samuel 20:8 - 17
"Therefore you shall deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. Nevertheless, if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?"
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Exodus 15:20
Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Exodus 15:21
And Miriam answered them: "Sing to the LORD, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!
Judges 11:34
When Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with timbrels and dancing; and she was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
Psalms 68:25
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; Among them were the maidens playing timbrels.
Psalms 149:3
Let them praise His name with the dance; Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.
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Exodus 15:21
And Miriam answered them: "Sing to the LORD, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!
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1 Samuel 21:11
And the servants of Achish said to him, " Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of him to one another in dances, saying: 'Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands'?
1 Samuel 29:5
" Is this not David, of whom they sang to one another in dances, saying: 'Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands'?"
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Ecclesiastes 4:4
Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
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1 Samuel 15:28
So Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.
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1 Samuel 16:14
But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the LORD troubled him.
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1 Samuel 19:24
And he also stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, " Is Saul also among the prophets?
1 Kings 18:29
And when midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice. But there was no voice; no one answered, no one paid attention.
Acts 16:16
Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.
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1 Samuel 16:23
And so it was, whenever the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp and play it with his hand. Then Saul would become refreshed and well, and the distressing spirit would depart from him.
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1 Samuel 19:9
Now the distressing spirit from the LORD came upon Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing music with his hand.
1 Samuel 19:10
Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul's presence; and he drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night.
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1 Samuel 19:10
Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul's presence; and he drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night.
1 Samuel 20:33
Then Saul cast a spear at him to kill him, by which Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to kill David.
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1 Samuel 18:15
Therefore, when Saul saw that he behaved very wisely, he was afraid of him.
1 Samuel 18:29
And Saul was still more afraid of David. So Saul became David's enemy continually.
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1 Samuel 16:13
Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
1 Samuel 16:18
Then one of the servants answered and said, "Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and the LORD is with him.
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1 Samuel 16:14
But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the LORD troubled him.
1 Samuel 28:15
Now Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" And Saul answered, "I am deeply distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me and does not answer me anymore, neither by prophets nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may reveal to me what I should do.
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Numbers 27:17
"who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be like sheep which have no shepherd."
1 Samuel 18:16
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
1 Samuel 29:6
Then Achish called David and said to him, "Surely, as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight. For to this day I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me. Nevertheless the lords do not favor you.
2 Samuel 5:2
"Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the LORD said to you, 'You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.'"
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Genesis 39:2
The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Genesis 39:3
And his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made all he did to prosper in his hand.
Genesis 39:23
The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph's authority, because the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made it prosper.
Joshua 6:27
So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout all the country.
1 Samuel 16:18
Then one of the servants answered and said, "Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and the LORD is with him.
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