1Sa 17:32-36, 2Sa 17:8, 10 | ESV | STEP | And David said to Saul , Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine .

1 Samuel 17:32-36

32 And David said to Saul, ^a“Let no man’s heart fail because of him. ^bYour servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” 33 And 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.” 34 But 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, 35 I 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. 36 Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, ^cfor he has defied the armies of the living God.”

2 Samuel 17:8

8 Hushai said, “You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged, ^{▼▼Hebrew bitter of soul} ^elike a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people.

2 Samuel 17:10

10 Then even the valiant man, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly ^fmelt with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and that those who are with him are valiant men.