1 Samuel 17:29

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And David said, What have I now done? [Is there] not a cause?

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  • Prov 15:1 : 1 ¶ A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
  • Acts 11:2-4 : 2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. 4 But Peter rehearsed [the matter] from the beginning, and expounded [it] by order unto them, saying,
  • 1 Cor 2:15 : 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

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    26And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who [is] this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

    27And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

    28And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

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    5[Is] not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

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    7Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.

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    8And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

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    30And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

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