1 Samuel 16:21

God's Word

David came to Saul and served him. Saul loved him very much and made David his armorbearer.

Cross References

Genesis 41:46

Joseph was 30 years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh (the king of Egypt). He left Pharaoh and traveled all around Egypt.

1 Kings 10:8

How blessed your men must be! How blessed these servants of yours must be because they are always stationed in front of you, listening to your wisdom!

Psalm 118:9

It is better to depend on the Lord than to trust influential people.

Psalm 146:3

Do not trust influential people, mortals who cannot help you.

Psalm 62:9

Common people are only a whisper in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a whisper in the wind.

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see a person who is efficient in his work? He will serve kings. He will not serve unknown people.

Deuteronomy 1:38

But your assistant Joshua, son of Nun, will go there. Encourage him, because he will help Israel take possession of the land.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the Lord’s promise, to stand in the Lord’s presence when they serve him as priests, and to praise his name, as they still do today.

Judges 9:54

He quickly called his armorbearer. He told him, “Take your sword and kill me! I don’t want anyone to say, ‘A woman killed Abimelech.’ ” His armorbearer did as he said, so Abimelech died.

1 Samuel 16:22

Saul sent ⌞this message⌟ to Jesse, “Please let David stay with me because I have grown fond of him.”

1 Samuel 17:15

David went back and forth from Saul’s camp to Bethlehem, where he tended his father’s flock.

1 Samuel 17:55

As Saul watched David going out against the Philistine, he asked Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” Abner answered, “I solemnly swear, as you live, Your Majesty, I don’t know.”

1 Samuel 19:7

Jonathan told David all of this. Then Jonathan took David to Saul. So David was returned to his former status in Saul’s court.