²⁸ Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s ^(A)anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”

³⁶ and ^(A)‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’

¹¹ And ^(A)his brothers envied him, but his father ^(B)kept the matter in mind.

⁸ And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

⁴ But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they ^(A)hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

^10 (A)But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.

²¹ But when His ^(A)own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, ^(B)for they said, “He is out of His mind.”

¹⁸ For he knew that they had handed Him over because of ^(A)envy.

The Vanity of Selfish Toil

⁴ Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.