When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was only a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance.
He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.
He sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. The Lord said, “Rise and anoint him, for this is the one.”
Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
The Philistine came on and drew near to David, with his shield-bearer in front of him.