1 Samuel 18:23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So Saul’s servants reported these words to David in private. And David said, “Does it seem to you a little thing to become the king’s son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man and of no repute?”

Cross References

Genesis 29:20

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

Genesis 34:12

Put the marriage present and gift as high as you like, and I will give whatever you ask me; only give me the young woman to be my wife.”

Psalm 119:141

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

Proverbs 14:20

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

Proverbs 29:5

Whoever flatters a neighbor is spreading a net for the neighbor’s feet.

1 John 3:1

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God, and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

1 Samuel 18:18

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

1 Samuel 18:22

Saul commanded his servants, “Speak to David in private and say, ‘See, the king is delighted with you, and all his servants love you; now then, become the king’s son-in-law.’ ”

1 Samuel 18:24

The servants of Saul told him, “This is what David said.”

1 Samuel 9:21

Saul answered, “I am only a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel, and my family is the humblest of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin. Why then have you spoken to me in this way?”