Bible verse for August 19

⁴² The Philistine looked, and when he saw David, he held him in contempt, for he was just a youth, ruddy and good-looking. ⁴³ He said to David, “Do you think I am a dog, that you come at me with sticks?” Then the Philistine called down curses on David by his gods. ⁴⁴ “Come here to me,” the Philistine said to David, “and I will feed your flesh to the birds of the sky and the animals of the field!” ⁴⁵ David answered the Philistine, “You are coming at me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin. But I am coming at you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel’s ranks, the one you have defied. ⁴⁶ This very day Yahweh will hand you over to me. I will strike you down and cut off your head, and this very day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth. Then all the earth will know that Israel has a God, ⁴⁷ and everyone gathered here will know that Yahweh does not save by sword and spear. The battle belongs to Yahweh, and he will hand you over to us.” ⁴⁸ When the Philistine set out and drew near to confront David, David hurried and ran toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.

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