Holy Scripture
1 Samuel 17:42
A church father on this verse
“And it is also the custom of brave warriors when they see feeble men coming against them to fight to despise them, and to have them in contempt, and to laugh at their advance, even as it is written concerning that blasphemous giant whose boast lay in the strength of his body, who, "when he saw David despised him." And…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
42And Goliath saw David, and despised him; for he was a lad, and ruddy, with a fair countenance.
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In context
40And he took his staff in his hand, and he chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd’s scrip which he had for his store, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.
— 1 Samuel 17:42 —
43And the Philistine said to David, Am I as a dog, that thou comest against me with a staff and stones? and David said, Nay, but worse than a dog. And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.