1 Samuel 17:28

New Century Version

When David’s oldest brother Eliab heard David talking with the soldiers, he was angry with David. He asked David, “Why did you come here? Who’s taking care of those few sheep of yours in the desert? I know you are proud and wicked at heart. You came down here just to watch the battle.”

Cross References

Genesis 37:11

Joseph’s brothers were jealous of him, but his father thought about what all these things could mean.

Genesis 37:4

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than he loved them, they hated their brother and could not speak to him politely.

Genesis 37:8

His brothers said, “Do you really think you will be king over us? Do you truly think you will rule over us?” His brothers hated him even more because of his dreams and what he had said.

2 Chronicles 11:18

Rehoboam married Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth and Abihail. Jerimoth was David’s son, and Abihail was the daughter of Eliab, Jesse’s son.

Psalm 35:11

Men without mercy stand up to testify. They ask me things I do not know.

Proverbs 18:19

A brother who has been insulted is harder to win back than a walled city, and arguments separate people like the barred gates of a palace.

Proverbs 27:4

Anger is cruel and destroys like a flood, but no one can put up with jealousy!

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I realized the reason people work hard and try to succeed: They are jealous of each other. This, too, is useless, like chasing the wind.

Matthew 10:36

A person’s enemies will be members of his own family.’

Matthew 27:18

Pilate knew that they turned Jesus in to him because they were jealous.

Mark 3:21

When his family heard this, they went to get him because they thought he was out of his mind.

Jude 1:10

But these people speak against things they do not understand. And what they do know, by feeling, as dumb animals know things, are the very things that destroy them.

1 Samuel 16:13

So Samuel took the container of olive oil and poured it on Jesse’s youngest son to appoint him in front of his brothers. From that day on, the Lord’s Spirit worked in David. Samuel then went back to Ramah.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t look at how handsome Eliab is or how tall he is, because I have not chosen him. God does not see the same way people see. People look at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

1 Samuel 17:29

David asked, “Now what have I done wrong? Can’t I even talk?”