1 Samuel 18:7-11
7And the women asang to one another as they celebrated,b“Saul has struck down his thousands,
and David his ten thousands.”
8And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands, and what more can he have but cthe kingdom?” 9And Saul eyed David from that day on.
10The next day da harmful spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and ehe raved within his house while David was fplaying the lyre, as he did day by day. gSaul had his spear in his hand. 11And Saul hhurled the spear, for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David evaded him twice.
Esther 3:8
8Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. iTheir laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king’s laws, so that it is not to the king’s profit to tolerate them.Proverbs 27:4
4Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,but who can stand before jjealousy?
Ecclesiastes 4:4
4Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is kvanity ▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verses 7, 8, 16 (see note on 1:2)
and a striving after wind. Daniel 2:49
49Daniel made a request of the king, and he mappointed nShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of othe province of Babylon. But Daniel premained at the king’s court.Daniel 6:13
13Then they answered and said before the king, q“Daniel, who is one rof the exiles sfrom Judah, tpays no attention to you, O king, or uthe injunction you have signed, but makes his petition vthree times a day.”
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