Quotes about Victory
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.
— 1 Samuel 18:16
David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
— 1 Samuel 18:27
Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.
— 1 Samuel 18:30
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.
— 1 Samuel 19:8
Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
— 1 Samuel 23:4
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.
— 1 Samuel 23:5
So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
— 1 Samuel 23:28
And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.
— 1 Samuel 23:29
Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
— 1 Samuel 26:8
They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.
— 1 Samuel 30:2
and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”
— 1 Samuel 30:8
And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
— 1 Samuel 30:17