1 Samuel 17:28

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

David’s oldest brother Eliab heard David talking with the soldiers and became angry. Eliab asked David, “Why did you come here? Who did you leave those few sheep with in the desert? I know why you came down here. You didn’t want to do what you were told to do. You just wanted to come down here to watch the battle.”

Cross References

Matthew 10:36

Even members of your own family will be your enemies.’ Micah 7:6

Proverbs 18:19

An insulted brother is harder to win back than a city with strong walls. Arguments separate people like the strong bars of a palace gate.

Genesis 37:11

Joseph’s brothers continued to be jealous of him, but his father thought about all these things and wondered what they could mean.

Genesis 37:8

His brothers said, “Do you think this means that you will be a king and rule over us?” His brothers hated Joseph more now because of the dreams he had about them.

Genesis 37:4

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they hated their brother because of this. They refused to say nice things to him.

Mark 3:21

His family heard about all these things. They went to get him because people said he was crazy.

Jude 1:10

But these people criticize things they don’t understand. They do understand some things. But they understand these things not by thinking, but by feeling, the way dumb animals understand things. And these are the things that destroy them.

Matthew 27:18

Pilate knew that they had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous of him.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I thought, “Why do people work so hard?” I saw people try to succeed and be better than other people. They do this because they are jealous. They don’t want other people to have more than they have. This is senseless. It is like trying to catch the wind.

Proverbs 27:4

Anger is cruel and can destroy like a flood, but jealousy is much worse.

Psalm 35:11

There are witnesses trying to harm me. They ask me questions that I know nothing about.

1 Samuel 16:13

Samuel took the horn with the oil in it, and poured the special oil on Jesse’s youngest son in front of his brothers. The Spirit of the Lord came on David with great power from that day on. Then Samuel went back home to Ramah.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Eliab is tall and handsome, but don’t judge by things like that. God doesn’t look at what people see. People judge by what is on the outside, but the Lord looks at the heart. Eliab is not the right man.”

1 Samuel 17:29

David said, “What did I do now? I didn’t do anything wrong! I was only talking.”

2 Chronicles 11:18

Rehoboam married Mahalath. Her father was Jerimoth. Her mother was Abihail. Jerimoth was David’s son. Abihail was Eliab’s daughter, and Eliab was Jesse’s son.