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.

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Bible References

A snare

Exodus 10:7
Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not realize that Egypt is destroyed?”
Psalm 7:14
Behold, he travails with wickedness,
And he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood.
Psalm 38:12
Those who seek my life lay snares for me;
And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction,
And they devise treachery all day long.
Proverbs 26:24
He who hates disguises it with his lips,
But he lays up deceit in his heart.
Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor
Is spreading a net for his steps.
Jeremiah 5:26
‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers lying in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.
Jeremiah 9:8
“Their tongue is a deadly arrow;
It speaks deceit;
With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor,
But inwardly he sets an ambush for him.

The hand

1 Samuel 18:17
Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife, only be a valiant man 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 him, in order to put him to death in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death.”

This day

1 Samuel 18:26
When his servants told David these words, it pleased David to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the days had expired

General references

Psalm 37:12
The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
Matthew 2:7
Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.