18Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
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And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. …
And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-23)We have here Saul falling and David rising. I. Here is Saul made a terror to himself (1 Sam. 16:14): The Spirit of the Lord departed from him . He having forsaken God and his duty, God, in a way of righteous judgment, withdrew from him those assistances of the good Spirit with which he was directed, animated, and encouraged in his government and wars. He lost all his good qualities. This was the e…
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