1 Samuel 16:13

13Then Samuel took athe horn of oil band anointed him in the midst of his brothers. cAnd the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 17:33-37

33And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are but a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth.” 34But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, 35I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him. 36Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, dfor he has defied the armies of the living God.” 37And David said, e“The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, fand the Lord be with you!”

1 Samuel 17:45-47

45Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with ga javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, hwhom you have defied. 46This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. iAnd I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day jto the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, kthat all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47and that all this assembly may know that lthe Lord saves not with sword and spear. mFor the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hand.”

Psalms 22:9-10

9 Yet you are he who ntook me from the womb;
you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts.
10On you was I cast from my birth,
and from omy mother’s womb you have been my God.

Psalms 71:17

17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember Your Creator in Your Youth

1Remember also your Creator in pthe days of your youth, before qthe evil days come and the years draw near of which ryou will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Luke 2:40

40 sAnd the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.

2 Timothy 3:15

15and how tfrom childhood you have been acquainted with uthe sacred writings, vwhich are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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