1 Samuel 16:14

Easy To Read Version

The Lord’s Spirit left Saul. Then the Lord sent a bad spirit to Saul. It caused him much trouble.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:15

But I will never stop loving him. I will continue to be loyal to him. I took away my love and kindness from Saul. I pushed Saul away when I turned to you. {I will not do that to your family.}

1 Kings 22:19

But Micaiah continued to speak for the Lord. Micaiah said, “Listen! These are the words that the Lord says! I saw the Lord sitting on his throne in heaven. His angels were standing near him.

1 Kings 22:22

The Lord answered, ‘How will you trick King Ahab?’ The angel answered, ‘I will confuse all of Ahab’s prophets. I will tell the prophets to speak lies to King Ahab. The messages from the prophets will be lies.’ So the Lord said, ‘Good! Go and trick King Ahab. You will succeed.’”

Psalm 51:11

Don’t push me away!\par And don’t take your Holy Spirit\par away from me!\par

Hosea 9:12

But even if the Israelites do raise their children, \{it will not help\}. I will take the children away from them. I will leave them, and they will have nothing but troubles.

Judges 16:20

Then Delilah called out to him, “Samson, the Philistine men are going to capture you!” He woke up and thought, “I will escape like I did before and free myself.” But Samson did not know that the Lord had left him.

Judges 16:29

Then Samson held the two columns in the center of the temple. These two columns supported the whole temple. He braced himself between the two columns. One column was at his right side and the other at his left side.

1 Samuel 11:6

Saul listened to their story. Then God’s Spirit came on Saul with great power. Saul became very angry.

1 Samuel 16:15

Saul’s servants said to him, “A bad spirit from God is bothering you.

1 Samuel 16:16

Give us the command and we will look for someone who can play the harp. If the bad spirit from the Lord comes on you, this person will play music for you. Then you will feel better.”

1 Samuel 16:23

Any time the bad spirit from God came on Saul, David would take his harp and play it. The bad spirit would leave Saul and he would begin to feel better.

1 Samuel 18:10

The next day, a bad spirit from God took control of Saul. Saul became wild [166] in his house. David played the harp like he usually did.

1 Samuel 18:12

The Lord was with David. And the Lord had left Saul. So Saul was afraid of David.

1 Samuel 28:15

Samuel said to Saul, “Why did you bother me? Why did you bring me up?”