“Do what seems best to you,” her husband Elkanah told her. “Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the Lord make good his word.” So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

No, my sons; the report I hear spreading among the Lord’s people is not good.

and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age.

So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, “He is the Lord; let him do what is good in his eyes.”

“Good,” Saul said to his servant. “Come, let’s go.” So they set out for the town where the man of God was.

If you fear the Lord and serve and obey him and do not rebel against his commands, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the Lord your God—good!

Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.

As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.

But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.

Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.

You have just now told me about the good you did to me; the Lord delivered me into your hands, but you did not kill me.

Say to him: ‘Long life to you! Good health to you and your household! And good health to all that is yours!

Yet these men were very good to us. They did not mistreat us, and the whole time we were out in the fields near them nothing was missing.

David had just said, “It’s been useless—all my watching over this fellow’s property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back evil for good.

When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler over Israel,

May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands.

What you have done is not good. As surely as the Lord lives, you and your men must die, because you did not guard your master, the Lord’s anointed. Look around you. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were near his head?”