1 Samuel 17:29

And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

King James Version

In Context

28And 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.

30And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

1 Corinthians 2:15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 17:13-31

David Comes to the Camp of Israel. ( b. c. 1060.) 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But David went and… Read the whole commentary →

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