And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.(1 Samuel 17:25)

And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?(1 Samuel 17:26)

And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.(1 Samuel 17:27)

And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?(1 Samuel 17:29)

And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.(1 Samuel 17:30)

And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.(1 Samuel 17:31)

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1 Samuel 17:28 - Cross Reference

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? (Proverbs 27:4)

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. (Genesis 37:11)

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. (Psalm 35:11)

And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. (Genesis 37:4)

And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. (Mark 3:21)

And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. (Matthew 10:36)

And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. (Genesis 37:8)

Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. (Ecclesiastes 4:4)

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. (1 Samuel 16:13)

But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. (Jude 1:10)

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. (Proverbs 18:19)

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7)

For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. (Matthew 27:18)