1 Samuel 16:21

New International Version

David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul liked him very much, and David became one of his armor-bearers.

Cross References

Genesis 41:46

Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout Egypt.

1 Kings 10:8

How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!

Psalm 118:9

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.

Psalm 146:3

Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.

Psalm 62:9

Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.

Deuteronomy 1:38

But your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage him, because he will lead Israel to inherit it.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.

Judges 9:54

Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can’t say, ‘A woman killed him.’ ” So his servant ran him through, and he died.

1 Samuel 16:22

Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Allow David to remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”

1 Samuel 17:15

but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:55

As Saul watched David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is that young man?” Abner replied, “As surely as you live, Your Majesty, I don’t know.”

1 Samuel 19:7

So Jonathan called David and told him the whole conversation. He brought him to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.