“Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.”

“The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.”

“Very pleasant have you been to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.”

“They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands, and what more can he have but the kingdom?”

“You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you.”

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.”

“Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.”

“For as his share is who goes down into the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage. They shall share alike.”

“Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the Lord will work for us, for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.”

“Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.”

“Run and find the arrows that I shoot.”

“Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave. And some told me to kill you, but I spared you.”

“I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.”

“Speak, for your servant hears.”

“You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.”

“You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?”

“How is it you were not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?”

“You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you. For then the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.”

“Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me.”

“Would I had died instead of you, my son, my son!”

“Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.”

“The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the Lord's anointed.”

 “I tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am; I will die.”

"Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me.

"Deal gently for my sake with the young man."

"I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in your eyes."

"Am I not a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel? And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin?"

"What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of oxen that I hear?"

"Therefore be on your guard in the morning. Stay in a secret place and hide yourself."