1 Samuel 18:23

Modern English Version

So the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David. And David said, “Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king’s son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?”

Cross References

Genesis 29:20

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.

Genesis 34:12

You can make the dowry and gift I must bring high, and I will give according to what you say to me. Just give me the girl to marry.”

Psalm 119:141

I am small and despised, yet I do not forget Your precepts.

Proverbs 14:20

The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

1 John 3:1

Consider how much love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

1 Samuel 18:18

But David said to Saul, “Who am I? And what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”

1 Samuel 18:22

Saul commanded his servants, saying, “Speak to David in secret saying, ‘Behold, the king delights in you and all his servants love you. Now therefore become the king’s son-in-law.’ ”

1 Samuel 18:24

And the servants of Saul reported to him saying, “According to these words, David spoke.”

1 Samuel 9:21

Saul answered, “Am not I 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 do you speak to me this way?”