Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
And lightly
Bible References
A light
1 John 3:1
See what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are! For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
A poor man
1 Samuel 9:21
Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And is not my family the smallest of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken this way to me [as if I were very important]?”
Proverbs 14:20
The poor man is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.
The poor man is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.
Proverbs 19:6
Many will seek the favor of a generous and noble man,
And everyone is a friend to him who gives gifts.
Many will seek the favor of a generous and noble man,
And everyone is a friend to him who gives gifts.
Ecclesiastes 9:15
But there was found in it a poor wise man, and by his wisdom he rescued the city. Yet no man [seriously] remembered that poor man.
And lightly
Psalm 119:141
I am small and despised,
But I do not forget Your precepts.
I am small and despised,
But I do not forget Your precepts.