1 Samuel 18:23

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

1 Samuel 9:21

Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And is not my family the smallest of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken this way to me [as if I were very important]?”

Psalm 119:141

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

Proverbs 14:20

The poor man is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.

Proverbs 19:6-7

Many will seek the favor of a generous and noble man,
And everyone is a friend to him who gives gifts.

Ecclesiastes 9:15-16

But there was found in it a poor wise man, and by his wisdom he rescued the city. Yet no man [seriously] remembered that poor man.

1 John 3:1

See what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are! For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

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Summary

1 Samuel 18:23

And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

A light

1 John 3:1

A poor man

And lightly

Psalm 119:141

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