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 sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called children of God, and we are! Because of this the world does not know us: because it did not know him.
A poor man
1 Samuel 9:21
Saul answered and said, "[Am] I not a Benjaminite, from the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the humblest of all the families of the tribes of Benjamin? Why do you speak to me {in this way}?"
Proverbs 14:20
The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the lovers of the rich are many.
Proverbs 19:6
Many will seek favor before the generous, and everyone [is] the friend of a man of gifts.
Ecclesiastes 9:15
Now, a poor wise man was found in it, and he delivered the city by his wisdom.
And lightly
Psalm 119:141
I [am] small and despised, [yet] I do not forget your precepts.