1 Samuel 18:21

Saul said, “I will give her to him so that she may become a snare (bad influence, source of trouble) to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David for a second time, “You shall be my son-in-law today.”

1 Samuel 18:17

Then Saul said to David, “Behold I will give you my older daughter Merab as a wife; only be brave for me and fight the Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought, “My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

Exodus 10:7

Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long shall this man be a trap to us? Let the men go, so that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not realize that Egypt is destroyed?”

1 Samuel 18:26

When his servants told David these words, it pleased him to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the time [for the marriage] arrived,

1 Samuel 19:11-12

Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch for him, so that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”

Psalm 7:14-16


Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin,
And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.

Psalm 38:12


Those who seek my life lay snares for me,
And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction;
They devise treachery all the day long.

Proverbs 26:24-26


He who hates, disguises it with his lips,
But he stores up deceit in his heart.

Proverbs 29:5


A man who flatters his neighbor [with smooth words intending to do harm]
Is spreading a net for his own feet.

Jeremiah 5:26


‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers who lie in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.

Jeremiah 9:8


“Their tongue is a murderous arrow;
It speaks deceit;
With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor,
But in his heart he lays traps and waits in ambush for him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.

This day

General references

Bible References

A snare

Exodus 10:7
Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long shall this man be a trap to us? Let the men go, so that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not realize that Egypt is destroyed?”
Psalm 7:14

Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin,
And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.
Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life lay snares for me,
And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction;
They devise treachery all the day long.
Proverbs 26:24

He who hates, disguises it with his lips,
But he stores up deceit in his heart.
Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor [with smooth words intending to do harm]
Is spreading a net for his own feet.
Jeremiah 5:26

‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers who lie in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.
Jeremiah 9:8

“Their tongue is a murderous arrow;
It speaks deceit;
With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor,
But in his heart he lays traps and waits in ambush for him.

The hand

1 Samuel 18:17
Then Saul said to David, “Behold I will give you my older daughter Merab as a wife; only be brave for me and fight the Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought, “My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
1 Samuel 19:11
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch for him, so that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”

This day

1 Samuel 18:26
When his servants told David these words, it pleased him to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the time [for the marriage] arrived,

General references

Psalm 37:12

The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
Matthew 2:7
Then Herod secretly sent for the magi and learned from them the [exact] time the star [had first] appeared.