1 Samuel 18:23

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

1 Samuel 9:21

Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me in this way?”

Psalm 119:141

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

Proverbs 14:20

The poor 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 man,
And every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.

Ecclesiastes 9:15-16

But there was found in it a poor wise man and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

1 John 3:1

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such 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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