1 Samuel 18:23

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Saul's servants said these things to David. And David said, Does it seem to you a small thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, of no great name?

Cross References

Genesis 29:20

And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.

Genesis 34:12

However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.

Psalm 119:141

I am small and of no account; but I keep your orders in mind.

Proverbs 14:20

The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

Proverbs 29:5

A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.

1 John 3:1

See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

1 Samuel 18:18

And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my father's family in Israel, that I am to be son-in-law to the king?

1 Samuel 18:22

And Saul gave his servants orders saying, Have talk with David secretly and say to him, See how the king has delight in you, and how you are loved by all his servants: then be the king's son-in-law.

1 Samuel 18:24

And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.

1 Samuel 9:21

And Saul said, Am I not a man of Benjamin, the smallest of all the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of the families of Benjamin? why then do you say these words to me?