1 Samuel 17:29

And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

28And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.

30And turning away from him to one of the other men, he said the same words: and the people gave him the same answer.

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:1By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

1 Corinthians 2:15But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.

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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