1 Samuel 18:21

“I’ll give her to him,” Saul thought. “She’ll be a trap for him, and the hand of the Philistines will be against him.” So Saul said to David a second time, “You can now be my son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 18:17

Saul told David, “Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I’ll give her to you as a wife, if you will be a warrior for me and fight the Lord’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “My hand doesn’t need to be against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

Exodus 10:7

Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long must this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, so that they may worship Yahweh their God. Don’t you realize yet that Egypt is devastated?”

1 Samuel 18:26

When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,

1 Samuel 19:11-12

Saul sent agents to David’s house to watch for him and kill him in the morning. But his wife Michal warned David, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead tomorrow!”

Psalm 7:14-16

See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil,
conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life set traps,
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.

Proverbs 26:24-26

A hateful person disguises himself with his speech
and harbors deceit within.

Proverbs 29:5

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

Jeremiah 5:26

for wicked men live among My people.
They watch like fowlers lying in wait.
They set a trap;
they catch men.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongues are deadly arrows—
they speak deception.
With his mouth
a man speaks peaceably with his friend,
but inwardly he sets up an ambush.

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 officials asked him, “How long must this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, so that they may worship Yahweh their God. Don’t you realize yet that Egypt is devastated?”
Psalm 7:14
See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil,
conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.
Psalm 38:12
Those who seek my life set traps,
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.
Proverbs 26:24
A hateful person disguises himself with his speech
and harbors deceit within.
Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
Jeremiah 5:26
for wicked men live among My people.
They watch like fowlers lying in wait.
They set a trap;
they catch men.
Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongues are deadly arrows—
they speak deception.
With his mouth
a man speaks peaceably with his friend,
but inwardly he sets up an ambush.

The hand

1 Samuel 18:17
Saul told David, “Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I’ll give her to you as a wife, if you will be a warrior for me and fight the Lord’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “My hand doesn’t need to be against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
1 Samuel 19:11
Saul sent agents to David’s house to watch for him and kill him in the morning. But his wife Michal warned David, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead tomorrow!”

This day

1 Samuel 18:26
When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,

General references

Psalm 37:12
The wicked person schemes against the righteous
and gnashes his teeth at him.
Matthew 2:7
Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star appeared.

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