1 Samuel 15:17

A Conservative Version

And Samuel said, Though thou were little in thine own sight, were thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And LORD anointed thee king over Israel.

Cross References

1 Samuel 9:21

And Saul answered and said, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then speak thou to me according to this manner?

1 Samuel 10:22

Therefore they asked of LORD further, Is there yet a man to come here? And LORD answered, Behold, he has hid himself among the baggage.

1 Samuel 10:1

Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not that LORD has anointed thee to be prince over his inheritance?

Matthew 18:4

He therefore who will make himself lowly as this child, this man is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens.

Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he offended in Baal, he died.

Judges 6:15

And he said to him, Oh, LORD, with what shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

1 Samuel 15:16

Then Samuel said to Saul, Stop, and I will tell thee what LORD has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.