1 Samuel 18:5
And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
KJV
Egrediebatur quoque David ad omnia quæcumque misisset eum Saul, et prudenter se agebat : posuitque eum Saul super viros belli, et acceptus erat in oculis universi populi, maximeque in conspectu famulorum Saul.
Vulgate
And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
ASV
וַ/יֵּצֵ֨א דָוִ֜ד בְּ/כֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁלָחֶ֤/נּוּ שָׁאוּל֙ יַשְׂכִּ֔יל וַ/יְשִׂמֵ֣/הוּ שָׁא֔וּל עַ֖ל אַנְשֵׁ֣י הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַ/יִּיטַב֙ בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י כָל הָ/עָ֔ם וְ/גַ֕ם בְּ/עֵינֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֥י שָׁאֽוּל
Hebrew
And David went out to whatsoever business Saul sent him, and he behaved himself prudently: and Saul set him over the soldiers, and he was acceptable in the eyes of all the people, and especially in the eyes of Saul's servants.
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3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 13:2 — Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he
- 1Sam 18:14 — And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
- 1Sam 18:16 — But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
- 1Sam 18:30 — Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
- 1Sam 18:30 — Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
- 2Kgs 18:7 — And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
- 2Sam 5:2 — Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Isr
- Acts 7:10 — And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
- Col 4:5 — Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
- Eph 5:17 — Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
- Matt 10:16 — Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
- Ps 1:3 — And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
- Ps 62:9 — Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
- Ps 119:98 — Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.