1 Samuel 16:14 first records the evil spirit from God troubling Saul — here in 18:10 it returns, continuing that pattern.

1 Samuel 16:15 shows Saul's servants identifying the evil spirit — this verse repeats the same phenomenon later.

1 Samuel 16:16 introduces the same evil spirit from God and the proposal to bring a harpist — the background to Saul's condition here.

1 Samuel 16:23 describes David's playing soothing Saul — a contrast to the violent hostility with the spear here.

1 Samuel 19:9 describes another episode of the evil spirit and Saul's javelin — a parallel scene to this one.

1 Samuel 19:24 continues Saul's prophetic episodes, stripping and prophesying — same character and ecstatic behavior.

1 Samuel 19:7 shows David returning to Saul after Jonathan's intervention — the immediate narrative sequel to the spear-throwing here.

1 Samuel 26:19 has David suggesting God may have stirred Saul against him — linking back to the evil spirit from God here.

1 Samuel 22:6 depicts Saul still with a spear in hand, indicating his ongoing hostility — a recurring motif from this scene.

1 Kings 22:20-23 features a lying spirit from God sent to prophets — direct parallel to the evil spirit on Saul.

Judges 9:23 recounts God sending an evil spirit between Abimelek and Shechem — a parallel divine judgment causing conflict.

2 Thessalonians 2:11 shows God sending a powerful delusion — a parallel to the evil spirit from God sent to Saul here, both as divine judgment.

2 Kings 3:15 shows music inducing prophetic inspiration — a parallel to Saul prophesying while David plays here.