1 Samuel 18:18

New American Standard Bible 2020

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:18

Then David the king came in and sat before the Lord, and he said, “Who am I, Lord God, and who are the members of my household, that You have brought me this far?

1 Kings 4:15

Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);

Exodus 3:11

But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?”

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the Lord is the instruction for wisdom, And before honor comes humility.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of a person is haughty, But humility goes before honor.

Jeremiah 1:6

Then I said, “Oh, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because I am a youth.”

Ruth 2:10

Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?”

1 Samuel 18:23

So Saul’s servants spoke these words to David. But David said, “Is it trivial in your sight to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am only a poor man and insignificant?”

1 Samuel 9:21

Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjaminite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?”