1 Samuel 18:23

Saul’s servants reported these words directly to David, but he replied, “Is it trivial in your sight to become the king’s son-in-law? I am a poor man who is common.”

1 Samuel 9:21

Saul responded, “Am I not a Benjaminite from the smallest of Israel’s tribes and isn’t my clan the least important of all the clans of the Benjaminite tribe? So why have you said something like this to me?”

Psalm 119:141

I am insignificant and despised,
but I do not forget Your precepts.

Proverbs 14:20

A poor man is hated even by his neighbor,
but there are many who love the rich.

Proverbs 19:6-7

Many seek a ruler’s favor,
and everyone is a friend of one who gives gifts.

Ecclesiastes 9:15-16

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

1 John 3:1

Look at how great a love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t 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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