1 Samuel 18:30

World English Bible (2000)

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.

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  • 2 Sam 11:1 : 1 It happened, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
  • 1 Sam 18:5 : 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 26:21 : 21 Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly."
  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 "Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever.' But now Yahweh says, 'Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
  • 2 Kgs 1:13 : 13 Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, "Man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your sight.
  • Ps 116:15 : 15 Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.
  • Ps 119:99 : 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
  • Dan 1:20 : 20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm.
  • Luke 21:15 : 15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
  • 1 Pet 2:4 : 4 coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
  • 1 Pet 2:7 : 7 For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected, has become the chief cornerstone,"

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 18:5
    84%

    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 18:12-16
    5 verses
    81%

    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.

    14 David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.

    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.

  • 1 Sam 18:29
    78%

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

  • 1 Chr 14:8
    77%

    8 When the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went out against them.

  • 1 Sam 19:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

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

    8 There was war again. David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

  • 1 Sam 29:2-9
    8 verses
    77%

    2 The lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rear with Achish.

    3 Then the princes of the Philistines said, "What about these Hebrews?" Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, "Isn't this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away to this day?"

    4 But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, "Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For with what should this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Should it not be with the heads of these men?

    5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'"

    6 Then Achish called David, and said to him, "As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords don't favor you.

    7 Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines."

    8 David said to Achish, "But what have I done? What have you found in your servant so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?"

    9 Achish answered David, "I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God. Notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, 'He shall not go up with us to the battle.'

  • 1 Sam 18:24-25
    2 verses
    77%

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

    25 Saul said, "You shall tell David, 'The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies.'" Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 17:31-32
    2 verses
    76%

    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 28:1
    75%

    1 It happened in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Achish said to David, "Know assuredly that you shall go out with me in the army, you and your men."

  • 1 Sam 17:37
    75%

    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."

  • 1 Sam 21:10-12
    3 verses
    75%

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

    11 The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David the king of the land? Didn't they sing one to another about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'"

    12 David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
    75%

    1 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 escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand."

  • 1 Chr 14:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16 David did as God commanded him: and they struck the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.

    17 The fame of David went out into all lands; and Yahweh brought the fear of him on all nations.

  • 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.

  • 2 Sam 5:17
    74%

    17 When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    74%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 17:48
    74%

    48 It happened, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

  • 1 Sam 14:46
    74%

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

  • 1 Sam 26:25
    74%

    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 18:9
    74%

    9 Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

  • 1 Chr 18:1
    74%

    1 After this it happened, that David struck the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
    73%

    11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

  • 2 Sam 21:15
    73%

    15 The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. David grew faint;

  • 1 Sam 24:9
    73%

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

  • 1 Sam 17:23
    73%

    23 As he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.

  • 2 Sam 3:18
    73%

    18 Now then do it; for Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, 'By the hand of my servant David, I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.'"

  • 1 Sam 18:22
    73%

    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 16:18
    73%

    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."

  • 1 Sam 17:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25 The men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who is come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. It shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel."

    26 David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, "What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?"

  • 1 Sam 16:21
    72%

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

  • 1 Sam 23:26
    72%

    26 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 surrounded David and his men to take them.

  • 1 Sam 18:27
    72%

    27 and David arose and went, he and his men, and killed of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.