Samuel took the olive oil and anointed David in front of his brothers. Immediately the spirit of the LORD took control of David and was with him from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah.

When his brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they hated their brother so much that they would not speak to him in a friendly manner.

"Do you think you are going to be a king and rule over us?" his brothers asked. So they hated him even more because of his dreams and because of what he said about them.

Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about the whole matter.

Help your relatives and they will protect you like a strong city wall, but if you quarrel with them, they will close their doors to you.

Anger is cruel and destructive, but it is nothing compared to jealousy.

I have also learned why people work so hard to succeed: it is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is useless. It is like chasing the wind.

your worst enemies will be the members of your own family.

He knew very well that the Jewish authorities had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.

When his family heard about it, they set out to take charge of him, because people were saying, "He's gone mad!"

But the LORD said to him, "Pay no attention to how tall and handsome he is. I have rejected him, because I do not judge as people judge. They look at the outward appearance, but I look at the heart."

Evil people testify against me and accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.

But these people attack with insults anything they do not understand; and those things that they know by instinct, like wild animals, are the very things that destroy them.