In 2 Samuel 3:1, David's house grew stronger while Saul's grew weaker — this verse shows the same pattern of David's increasing strength.

2 Samuel 7:9 expands on God's presence: 'I was with you wherever you went' and promised to make David's name great, directly explaining his growth.

Psalm 46:11 repeats 'the LORD of hosts is with us', affirming the same source of David's success.

Isaiah 8:10 directly states 'for God is with us', the very reason for David's greatness, applied to future deliverance.

1 Chronicles 11:9 repeats 'David waxed greater and greater, for the LORD of hosts was with him' verbatim from the parallel account.

Isaiah 9:7 prophesies David's throne and kingdom being established forever — this verse shows the beginning of that establishment under David.

2 Chronicles 17:3 applies the same formula to Jehoshaphat: 'the LORD was with him because he walked in David's ways.'

In Genesis 21:22, Abimelech notes God is with Abraham in all he does — the same formula of divine presence ensuring success, applied to David here.

Psalm 46:7 declares 'the Lord of hosts is with us' as a refrain — this verse attributes David's growing strength to the same Lord of hosts being with him.

Haggai 2:4 encourages Zerubbabel with 'I am with you, says the LORD of hosts,' the same assurance that empowered David.

Romans 8:31 echoes the same confidence: 'If God be for us, who can be against us?' — a NT application of the principle.