1 Samuel 16:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

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  • 1 Sam 19:8-10
    3 verses
    87%

    8¶ And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

    9And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with [his] hand.

    10And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

  • 1 Sam 16:13-19
    7 verses
    86%

    13Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

    14¶ But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

    15And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

    16Let our lord now command thy servants, [which are] before thee, to seek out a man, [who is] a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

    17And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring [him] to me.

    18Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him.

    19Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which [is] with the sheep.

  • 1 Sam 18:9-13
    5 verses
    86%

    9And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

    10And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and [there was] a javelin in Saul's hand.

    11And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall [with it]. And David avoided out of his presence twice.

    12¶ And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.

    13Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

  • 1 Sam 16:21-22
    2 verses
    77%

    21And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.

    22And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    74%

    31¶ And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed [them] before Saul: and he sent for him.

  • 1 Sam 19:20
    73%

    20And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing [as] appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

  • 1 Sam 11:6
    73%

    6And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

  • 2 Kgs 3:15
    72%

    15But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

  • 1 Sam 24:16
    72%

    16¶ And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, [Is] this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

  • 1 Sam 18:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

    6¶ And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.

  • 2 Sam 22:1
    71%

    1¶ And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

  • 1 Sam 26:25
    71%

    25Then Saul said to David, Blessed [be] thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great [things], and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

  • 1 Sam 10:26
    71%

    26And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.

  • 1 Sam 19:23
    71%

    23And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

  • 1 Sam 10:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9¶ And it was [so], that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

    10And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.

  • 1 Sam 24:1
    71%

    1¶ And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David [is] in the wilderness of Engedi.

  • 1 Sam 14:46
    70%

    46Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.

  • 1 Sam 18:15
    70%

    15Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

  • 1 Sam 28:3
    70%

    3Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

  • 1 Sam 24:9
    70%

    9¶ And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

  • 1 Sam 14:19
    70%

    19And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that [was] in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.

  • 1 Sam 23:13
    70%

    13Then David and his men, [which were] about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.

  • 1 Sam 28:15
    69%

    15¶ And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
    69%

    37David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.

  • 1 Sam 19:14
    69%

    14And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He [is] sick.

  • 1 Sam 23:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David [was] in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

    16And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
    69%

    1¶ And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    69%

    57And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 24:5
    69%

    5And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

  • 1 Chr 13:8
    69%

    8And David and all Israel played before God with all [their] might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

  • 1 Sam 23:26
    69%

    26And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.

  • 1 Sam 18:30
    69%

    30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, [that] David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

  • 1 Sam 24:7
    69%

    7So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on [his] way.

  • 1 Sam 23:21
    68%

    21And Saul said, Blessed [be] ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.