1 Samuel 16:21

World English Bible (2000)

David came to Saul, and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 41:46 : 46 Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
  • Prov 22:29 : 29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.
  • Deut 1:38 : 38 Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there: encourage you him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
  • Deut 10:8 : 8 At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
  • 1 Kgs 10:8 : 8 Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.
  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
  • Ps 118:9 : 9 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes.
  • Ps 146:3 : 3 Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

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  • 1 Sam 16:22
    83%

    22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight."

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

    15 When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.

    16 But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.

    17 Saul said to David, "Behold, my elder daughter Merab, I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh's battles." For Saul said, "Don't let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him."

  • 1 Sam 18:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

    3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

    4 Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his clothing, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his sash.

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

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

    31 When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

    32 David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."

  • 1 Sam 18:20-22
    3 verses
    75%

    20 Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

    21 Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, "You shall this day be my son-in-law a second time."

    22 Saul commanded his servants, "Talk with David secretly, and say, 'Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.'"

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

    28 Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.

    29 Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy continually.

    30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it happened, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly esteemed.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
    74%

    41 The Philistine came on and drew near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him.

  • 1 Sam 18:1
    74%

    1 It happened, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

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

    18 Then one of the young men answered, and said, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him."

    19 Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, "Send me David your son, who is with the sheep."

    20 Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

  • 1 Sam 19:7
    74%

    7 Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as before.

  • 1 Sam 17:37-39
    3 verses
    74%

    37 David said, "Yahweh who 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." Saul said to David, "Go; and Yahweh shall be with you."

    38 Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of brass on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.

    39 David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, "I can't go with these; for I have not tested them." David took them off.

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

    12 Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and was departed from Saul.

    13 Therefore 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 26:25
    73%

    25 Then Saul said to David, "You are blessed, my son David. You shall both do mightily, and shall surely prevail." So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

  • 1 Sam 17:57-58
    2 verses
    73%

    57 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.

    58 Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, you young man?" David answered, "I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite."

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    73%

    24 The servants of Saul told him, saying, "David spoke like this."

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

    12 He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful face, and goodly to look on. Yahweh said, "Arise, anoint him; for this is he."

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

  • 1 Sam 17:34
    73%

    34 David said to Saul, "Your servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock,

  • 1 Sam 24:16
    72%

    16 It came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

  • 1 Sam 17:22
    72%

    22 David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.

  • 1 Sam 26:17
    72%

    17 Saul knew David's voice, and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king."

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    71%

    10 David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

  • 2 Sam 1:2
    71%

    2 it happened on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

  • 1 Sam 31:5
    71%

    5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him.

  • 1 Sam 26:22
    71%

    22 David answered, "Behold the spear, O king! Then let one of the young men come over and get it.

  • 1 Sam 18:9
    71%

    9 Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

  • 1 Sam 24:9
    70%

    9 David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Behold, David seeks your hurt?'

  • 1 Sam 19:1
    70%

    1 Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.

  • 1 Chr 10:5
    70%

    5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died.

  • 1 Sam 17:20
    70%

    20 David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the place of the wagons, as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.

  • 1 Sam 23:16
    70%

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

  • 1 Sam 26:5
    70%

    5 David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped around him.

  • 1 Sam 16:6
    70%

    6 It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, "Surely Yahweh's anointed is before him."

  • 1 Sam 22:13
    70%

    13 Saul said to him, "Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?"

  • 1 Sam 24:7
    70%

    7 So David checked his men with these words, and didn't allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.