And Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose, and departed to Ramah.

And his brothers, seeing that his father loved him more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak anything peaceable to him.

And his brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us, or shall you indeed be lord over us? And they hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.

And his brothers envied him; but his father observed the saying.

A brother helped by a brother is as a strong and high city, and is as strong as a well-founded palace.

Wrath is merciless and anger sharp, but envy can bear nothing.

And I saw all labor, and all the diligent work, that this is a man's envy from his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

and 'a man's enemies [will be] his own household members.'

For he knew that they had handed Him over because of envy.

But when His relatives heard, they came out to seize Him, for they were saying, "He has lost His mind."

But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance, nor on his stature, for I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.

Unjust witnesses arose, and asked me of things I knew not.

But these speak blasphemously of those things which they do not know; but what they do know naturally, like unreasoning animals, they are destroyed by these things.