1 Samuel 18:10

Good News Translation (US Version)

The next day an evil spirit from God suddenly took control of Saul, and he raved in his house like a madman. David was playing the harp, as he did every day, and Saul was holding a spear.

Cross References

2 Thessalonians 2:11

And so God sends the power of error to work in them so that they believe what is false.

1 Kings 18:29

They kept on ranting and raving until the middle of the afternoon; but no answer came, not a sound was heard.

1 Samuel 19:9

One day an evil spirit from the Lord took control of Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was there, playing his harp.

Acts 16:16

One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a young servant woman who had an evil spirit that enabled her to predict the future. She earned a lot of money for her owners by telling fortunes.

1 Samuel 16:23

From then on, whenever the evil spirit sent by God came on Saul, David would get his harp and play it. The evil spirit would leave, and Saul would feel better and be all right again.

Jeremiah 28:11

and said in the presence of all the people, “The Lord has said that this is how he will break the yoke that King Nebuchadnezzar has put on the neck of all the nations; and he will do this within two years.” Then I left.

1 Kings 22:12

All the other prophets said the same thing. “March against Ramoth and you will win,” they said. “The Lord will give you victory.”

1 Samuel 26:19

Your Majesty, listen to what I have to say. If it is the Lord who has turned you against me, an offering to him will make him change his mind; but if some people have done it, may the Lord's curse fall on them. For they have driven me out from the Lord's land to a country where I can only worship foreign gods.

1 Samuel 18:9

And so he was jealous and suspicious of David from that day on.

1 Samuel 19:7

So Jonathan called David and told him everything; then he took him to Saul, and David served the king as he had before.

Judges 16:20

Then she shouted, “Samson! The Philistines are coming!” He woke up and thought, “I'll get loose and go free, as always.” He did not know that the Lord had left him.

1 Samuel 19:10

Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David dodged, and the spear stuck in the wall. David ran away and escaped.