1 Samuel 18:23

New Century Version

Saul’s servants said these words to David, but David answered, “Do you think it is easy to become the king’s son-in-law? I am poor and unimportant.”

Cross References

Genesis 29:20

So Jacob worked for Laban seven years so he could marry Rachel. But they seemed like just a few days to him because he loved Rachel very much.

Genesis 34:12

Ask as much as you want for the payment for the bride, and I will give it to you. Just let me marry Dinah.”

Psalm 119:141

I am unimportant and hated, but I have not forgotten your orders.

Proverbs 14:20

The poor are rejected, even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

Proverbs 29:5

Those who give false praise to their neighbors are setting a trap for them.

1 John 3:1

The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children. The reason the people in the world do not know us is that they have not known him.

1 Samuel 18:18

But David answered Saul, saying, “Who am I? My family is not important enough for me to become the king’s son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 18:22

And Saul ordered his servants to talk with David in private and say, “Look, the king likes you. His servants love you. You should be his son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 18:24

When Saul’s servants told him what David had said,

1 Samuel 9:21

Saul answered, “But I am from the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest tribe in Israel. And my family group is the smallest in the tribe of Benjamin. Why are you saying such things?”