1 Samuel 18:23

New King James Version

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

Cross References

1 John 3:1

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

Proverbs 14:20

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

Psalm 119:141

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

1 Samuel 9:21

And Saul answered and said, “Am I not 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 then do you speak like this to me?”

Genesis 29:20

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

Genesis 34:12

Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to what you say to me; but give me the young woman as a wife.”

1 Samuel 18:18

So 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

And Saul commanded his servants, “Communicate with David secretly, and say, ‘Look, the king has delight 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 told him, saying, “In this manner David spoke.”

Proverbs 29:5

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