1 Samuel 18:18

Good News Translation

David answered, “Who am I and what is my family that I should become the king's son-in-law?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:18

Then King David went into the Tent of the Lord's presence, sat down and prayed, “Sovereign Lord, I am not worthy of what you have already done for me, nor is my family.

1 Kings 4:15

Ahimaaz, who was married to Basemath, another of Solomon's daughters: the territory of Naphtali

Exodus 3:11

But Moses said to God, “I am nobody. How can I go to the king and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

Proverbs 15:33

Reverence for the Lord is an education in itself. You must be humble before you can ever receive honors.

Proverbs 18:12

No one is respected unless he is humble; arrogant people are on the way to ruin.

Jeremiah 1:6

I answered, “Sovereign Lord, I don't know how to speak; I am too young.”

Ruth 2:10

Ruth bowed down with her face touching the ground, and said to Boaz, “Why should you be so concerned about me? Why should you be so kind to a foreigner?”

1 Samuel 18:23

So they told this to David, and he answered, “It's a great honor to become the king's son-in-law, too great for someone poor and insignificant like me.”

1 Samuel 9:21

Saul answered, “I belong to the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest tribe in Israel, and my family is the least important one in the tribe. Why, then, do you talk like this to me?”