Quotes About Leadership

Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,

When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.

But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.

Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORDís battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

And the servants told Saul what David had said.

Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saulís officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.

Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.

So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.

When war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.

When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,

he sent messengers to capture him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saulís messengers also began to prophesy.

So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission or charge. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.

David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the equipment of the young men is holy, as it is even on common missions, and all the more at this time.”

And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.

So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.

Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.

Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?

“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.

Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the kingís son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard who is honored in your house?

And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.

Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your fatherís house.

But Davidís men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.