1 Samuel 16:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

And Dauid came to Saul, and stoode before him: and he loued him verie well, and he was his armour bearer.

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  • Gen 41:46 : 46 And Ioseph was thirtie yeere old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt: and Ioseph departing from the presence of Pharaoh, went throughout all the land of Egypt.
  • Prov 22:29 : 29 Thou seest that a diligent man in his businesse standeth before Kings, and standeth not before the base sort.
  • Deut 1:38 : 38 But Ioshua the sonne of Nun which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: incourage him: for he shal cause Israel to inherite it.
  • Deut 10:8 : 8 The same time ye Lord separated the tribe of Leui to beare the Arke of the couenant of the Lord, and to stand before ye Lord, to minister vnto him, and to blesse in his Name vnto this day.
  • 1 Kgs 10:8 : 8 Happy are the men, happie are these thy seruants, which stande euer before thee, and heare thy wisedome.
  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Yet the children of men are vanitie, the chiefe men are lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie.
  • Ps 118:9 : 9 It is better to trust in the Lorde, then to haue confidence in princes.
  • Ps 146:3 : 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sonne of man, for there is none helpe in him.

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  • 1 Sam 16:22
    83%

    22And Saul sent to Ishai, saying, Let Dauid nowe remaine with me: for he hath found fauour in my sight.

  • 1 Sam 18:15-17
    3 verses
    78%

    15Wherefore when Saul saw that he was very wise, he was afrayde of him.

    16For all Israel and Iudah loued Dauid, because he went out and in before them.

    17Then Saul sayd to Dauid, Beholde mine eldest daughter Merab, her I will giue thee to wife: onely be a valiant sonne vnto me, & fight the Lordes battels: for Saul thought, Mine hand shal not be vpon him, but the hand of the Philistims shalbe vpon him.

  • 1 Sam 18:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

    3Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant: for he loued him as his owne soule.

    4And Ionathan put off the robe that was vpon him, & gaue it Dauid, & his garments, euen to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

    5And Dauid went out whithersoeuer Saul sent him, & behaued himselfe wisely: so that Saul set him ouer the men of warre, & he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Sauls seruants.

  • 1 Sam 17:31-32
    2 verses
    75%

    31And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be brought.

    32So Dauid saide to Saul, Let no mans heart faile him, because of him: thy seruant wil goe, and fight with this Philistim.

  • 1 Sam 18:20-22
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    75%

    20Then Michal Sauls daughter loued Dauid: & they shewed Saul, & the thing pleased him.

    21Therefore Saul said, I wil giue him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistims may bee against him. Wherefore Saul sayde to Dauid, Thou shalt this day be my sonne in law in the one of the twayne.

    22And Saul commanded his seruants, Speake with Dauid secretly, & say, Behold, ye King hath a fauour to thee, and all his seruants loue thee: be now therefore the Kings sonne in law.

  • 1 Sam 18:28-30
    3 verses
    74%

    28Then Saul sawe, and vnderstoode that the Lord was with Dauid, & that Michal the daughter of Saul loued him.

    29Then Saul was more & more afrayde of Dauid, and Saul became alway Dauids enemie.

    30And when the Princes of the Philistims went forth, at their going forth Dauid behaued himselfe more wisely then all the seruants of Saul, so that his name was much set by.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
    74%

    41And the Philistim came and drew neere vnto Dauid, and the man that bare the shielde went before him.

  • 1 Sam 18:1
    74%

    1And when he had made an ende of speaking vnto Saul, the soule of Ionathan was knit with the soule of Dauid, & Ionathan loued him, as his owne soule.

  • 1 Sam 16:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18Then answered one of his seruauntes, and sayde, Beholde, I haue seene a sonne of Ishai, a Bethlehemite, that can plaie, and is strong, valiant and a man of warre and wise in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him.

    19Wherefore Saul sent messengers vnto Ishai, and said, Send me Dauid thy sonne which is with the sheepe.

    20And Ishai tooke an asse laden with breade and a flagon of wine and a kidde, and sent them by the hand of Dauid his sonne vnto Saul.

  • 1 Sam 19:7
    74%

    7So Ionathan called Dauid, and Ionathan shewed him all those words, & Ionathan brought Dauid to Saul, and hee was in his presence as in times past.

  • 1 Sam 17:37-39
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    37Moreouer Dauid sayd, The Lord that deliuered me out of the pawe of the lyon, & out of the paw of the beare, he wil deliuer me out of the hand of this Philistim. Then Saul sayd vnto Dauid, Go, and the Lord be with thee.

    38And Saul put his rayment vpon Dauid, & put an helmet of brasse vpon his head, and put a brigandine vpon him.

    39Then girded Dauid his sword vpon his rayment, and began to go: for he neuer proued it: and Dauid sayde vnto Saul, I can not goe with these: for I am not accustomed. wherefore Dauid put them off him.

  • 1 Sam 18:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12And Saul was afrayd of Dauid, because the Lord was with him, & was departed from Saul.

    13Therefore Saul put him from him, & made him a captaine ouer a thousand, and he went out and in before the people.

  • 1 Sam 26:25
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    25Then Saul said to Dauid, Blessed art thou, my sonne Dauid: for thou shalt doe great things, and also preuaile. So Dauid went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

  • 1 Sam 17:57-58
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    73%

    57And when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistim, then Abner tooke him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistim in his hand.

    58And Saul sayde to him, Whose sonne art thou, thou yong man? And Dauid answered, I am the sonne of thy seruant Ishai the Bethlehemite.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    73%

    24And then Sauls seruats brought him word againe, saying, Such wordes spake Dauid.

  • 1 Sam 16:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12And he sent, and brought him in: and he was ruddie, & of a good countenance, and comely visage; the Lorde saide, Arise, and anoynt him: for this is he.

    13Then Samuel tooke the horne of oyle, and anoynted him in the middes of his brethren; the Spirit of the Lord came vpon Dauid, from that day forwarde: then Samuel rose vp, and went to Ramah.

  • 1 Sam 17:34
    73%

    34And Dauid answered vnto Saul, Thy seruant kept his fathers sheepe, and there came a lyon, and likewise a beare, and tooke a sheepe out of the flocke,

  • 1 Sam 24:16
    72%

    16(24:17) Whe Dauid had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, Saul sayd, Is this thy voyce, my sonne Dauid? & Saul lift vp his voice, & wept,

  • 1 Sam 17:22
    72%

    22And Dauid left the things, which hee bare, vnder the handes of the keeper of the cariage, and ranne into the hoste, and came, and asked his brethren howe they did.

  • 1 Sam 26:17
    72%

    17And Saul knewe Dauids voyce, and sayde, Is this thy voyce, my sonne Dauid? And Dauid sayde, It is my voyce, my lorde O King.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    71%

    10And Dauid arose and fled the same day from the presence of Saul, and went to Achish the King of Gath.

  • 2 Sam 1:2
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    2Behold, a man came the third day out of the host from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth vpon his head: and when hee came to Dauid, he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

  • 1 Sam 31:5
    71%

    5And when his armour bearer sawe that Saul was dead, he fell likewise vpon his sword, & dyed with him.

  • 1 Sam 26:22
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    22Then Dauid answered, and saide, Beholde the Kings speare, let one of the yong men come ouer and set it.

  • 1 Sam 18:9
    71%

    9Wherefore Saul had an eye on Dauid from that day forward.

  • 1 Sam 24:9
    70%

    9(24:10) And Dauid saide to Saul, Wherefore giuest thou an eare to mens words, that say, Behold, Dauid seeketh euill against thee?

  • 1 Sam 19:1
    70%

    1Then Saul spake to Ionathan his sonne, and to all his seruantes, that they shoulde kill Dauid: but Ionathan Sauls sonne had a great fauour to Dauid.

  • 1 Chr 10:5
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    5And when his armour bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise vpon the sworde, and dyed.

  • 1 Sam 17:20
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    20So Dauid rose vp earely in the morning, and left the sheepe with a keeper, and tooke and went as Ishai had commaunded him, and came within the compasse of the hoste: and the hoste went out in araie, and shouted in the battell.

  • 1 Sam 23:16
    70%

    16And Ionathan Sauls sonne arose and went to Dauid into the wood, and comforted him in God,

  • 1 Sam 26:5
    70%

    5Then Dauid arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched, and when Dauid beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the sonne of Ner which was his chiefe captaine, (for Saul lay in the fort, and the people pitched round about him)

  • 1 Sam 16:6
    70%

    6And when they were come, hee looked on Eliab, and saide, Surely the Lordes Anointed is before him.

  • 1 Sam 22:13
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    13Then Saul sayde vnto him, Why haue yee conspired against me, thou & the sonne of Ishai, in that thou hast giuen him vitaile, and a sworde, and hast asked counsell of God for him, that he should rise against me, and lye in wayte as appeareth this day?

  • 1 Sam 24:7
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    7(24:8) So Dauid ouercame his seruants with these words, & suffered them not to arise against Saul: so Saul rose vp out of the caue and went away.