1 Samuel 16:14
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A Distressing Spirit Troubles Saul
14 (A)But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and (B)a distressing spirit from the Lord troubled him.
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Psalm 51:11
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11 Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your (A)Holy Spirit from me.
1 Samuel 18:12
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12 Now Saul was (A)afraid of David, because (B)the Lord was with him, but had (C)departed from Saul.
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1 Samuel 28:15
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15 Now Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you (A)disturbed me by bringing me up?”
And Saul answered, “I am deeply distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and (B)God has departed from me and (C)does not answer me anymore, neither by prophets nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may reveal to me what I should do.”
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1 Samuel 18:10
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10 And it happened on the next day that (A)the distressing spirit from God came upon Saul, (B)and he prophesied inside the house. So David (C)played music with his hand, as at other times; (D)but there was a spear in Saul’s hand.
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Judges 16:20
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20 And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” So he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!” But he did not know that the Lord (A)had departed from him.
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Judges 9:23
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23 (A)God sent a (B)spirit of ill will between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem (C)dealt treacherously with Abimelech,
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Acts 19:15-16
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15 And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, [a]overpowered them, and prevailed against [b]them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
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- Acts 19:16 M and they overpowered them
- Acts 19:16 NU both of them
Hosea 9:12
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12 Though they bring up their children,
Yet I will bereave them to the last man.
Yes, (A)woe to them when I depart from them!
1 Kings 22:22
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22 The Lord said to him, ‘In what way?’ So he said, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the Lord said, (A)‘You shall persuade him, and also prevail. Go out and do so.’
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1 Samuel 11:6
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6 (A)Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard this news, and his anger was greatly aroused.
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1 Samuel 19:9-10
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9 Now (A)the distressing spirit from the Lord came upon Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing music with his hand. 10 Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul’s presence; and he drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night.
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Judges 16:29
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29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars which supported the temple, and he braced himself against them, one on his right and the other on his left.
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