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1Sa 17:28 — And 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Eliab's anger		1Sa 16:13; Gen 37:4,8,11; Pro 18:19; Pro 27:4; Ecc 4:4; Mat 10:36; Mat 27:18; Mar 3:21
with		1Sa 17:20
I know		1Sa 16:7; Psa 35:11; Jud 1:10

Correlating Passages

Eliab's anger

	1Sa 16:13	Then 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.
	Gen 37:4	And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
	Gen 37:8	And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
	Gen 37:11	And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
	Pro 18:19	A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.
	Pro 27:4	Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
	Ecc 4:4	Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
	Mat 10:36	And a man's foes [shall be] they of his own household.
	Mat 27:18	For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
	Mar 3:21	And when his friends heard [of it], they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

with

1Sa 17:20

And 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 trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.

I know

	1Sa 16:7	But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
	Psa 35:11	False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not.
	Jud 1:10	But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 17:28," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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