1 Samuel 16:18

Good News Translation

One of his attendants said, “Jesse of the town of Bethlehem has a son who is a good musician. He is also a brave and handsome man, a good soldier, and an able speaker. The Lord is with him.”

Cross References

Genesis 39:2

The Lord was with Joseph and made him successful. He lived in the house of his Egyptian master,

Genesis 39:23

The jailer did not have to look after anything for which Joseph was responsible, because the Lord was with Joseph and made him succeed in everything he did.

2 Samuel 14:20

But he did it in order to straighten out this whole matter. Your Majesty is as wise as the angel of God and knows everything that happens.”

2 Samuel 17:10

Then even the bravest men, as fearless as lions, will be afraid because everyone in Israel knows that your father is a great soldier and that his men are hard fighters.

2 Samuel 17:8

You know that your father David and his men are hard fighters and that they are as fierce as a mother bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier and does not stay with his men at night.

Proverbs 12:8

If you are intelligent, you will be praised; if you are stupid, people will look down on you.

Matthew 1:23

“A virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and he will be called Immanuel” (which means, “God is with us”).

Matthew 28:20

and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And I will be with you always, to the end of the age.”

1 Samuel 10:7

When these things happen, do whatever God leads you to do.

1 Samuel 16:12

So Jesse sent for him. He was a handsome, healthy young man, and his eyes sparkled. The Lord said to Samuel, “This is the one—anoint him!”

1 Samuel 16:17

Saul ordered them, “Find me a man who plays well and bring him to me.”

1 Samuel 16:19

So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, the one who takes care of the sheep.”

1 Samuel 17:12

David was the son of Jesse, who was an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and at the time Saul was king, he was already a very old man.

1 Samuel 3:19

As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him and made come true everything that Samuel said.