1 Samuel 16:12

English Standard Version 2016

And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.”

Cross References

Lamentations 4:7

Her princes were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than coral, the beauty of their form was like sapphire.

Song of Solomon 5:10

My beloved is radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.

Acts 7:20

At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God’s sight. And he was brought up for three months in his father’s house,

Acts 4:27

for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

1 Samuel 17:42

And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance.

1 Samuel 9:17

When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! He it is who shall restrain my people.”

Genesis 39:6

So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

Hebrews 11:23

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

Psalm 2:6

“As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,

Exodus 2:2

The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.

1 Samuel 17:55

As soon as Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”

2 Samuel 7:8

Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.

2 Samuel 23:1

Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, the son of Jesse, the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:

1 Kings 1:34

And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

Psalm 78:70

He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

Zechariah 4:14

Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

1 Samuel 16:18

One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, and the Lord is with him.”