28 Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”

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28 When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger(A) at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”

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36 (A)And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.

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36     a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:36 Micah 7:6

19 A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city,
    and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.

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19 A brother wronged(A) is more unyielding than a fortified city;
    disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.

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11 And (A)his brothers were jealous of him, (B)but his father kept the saying in mind.

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11 His brothers were jealous of him,(A) but his father kept the matter in mind.(B)

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His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

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His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?”(A) And they hated him all the more(B) because of his dream and what he had said.

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But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.

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When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him(A) and could not speak a kind word to him.

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10 (A)But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.

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10 Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.(A)

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21 (A)And when (B)his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He (C)is out of his mind.”

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21 When his family[a] heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”(A)

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  1. Mark 3:21 Or his associates

18 For he knew that it was out (A)of envy that they had delivered him up.

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18 For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.

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Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is (A)vanity[a] and a striving after wind.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 4:4 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verses 7, 8, 16 (see note on 1:2)

And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)

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Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
    but who can stand before (A)jealousy?

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Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,
    but who can stand before jealousy?(A)

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11 (A)Malicious[a] witnesses rise up;
    they ask me of things that I do not know.

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  1. Psalm 35:11 Or Violent

11 Ruthless witnesses(A) come forward;
    they question me on things I know nothing about.

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13 Then Samuel took (A)the horn of oil (B)and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. (C)And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

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13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed(A) him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord(B) came powerfully upon David.(C) Samuel then went to Ramah.

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