1 Samuel 17:28

New International Version

When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”

Cross References

Genesis 37:11

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

Genesis 37:4

When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

Genesis 37:8

His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.

2 Chronicles 11:18

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

Psalm 35:11

Ruthless witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about.

Proverbs 18:19

A brother wronged is more unyielding than a fortified city; disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.

Proverbs 27:4

Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

Matthew 10:36

a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’

Matthew 27:18

For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.

Mark 3:21

When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”

Jude 1:10

Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.

1 Samuel 16:13

So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David. Samuel then went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

1 Samuel 17:29

“Now what have I done?” said David. “Can’t I even speak?”