Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

Bible References

Let me find

Genesis 33:8
So Esau said, “What do you mean by this whole procession I met?”

“To find favor with you, my lord,” he answered.
Genesis 43:14
May God Almighty cause the man to be merciful to you so that he will release your other brother and Benjamin to you. As for me, if I am deprived of my sons, then I am deprived.”
1 Samuel 1:18
“May your servant find favor with you,” she replied. Then Hannah went on her way; she ate and no longer looked despondent.
2 Samuel 16:4
The king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!”

“I bow before you,” Ziba said. “May you look favorably on me, my lord the king!”

Friendly

Genesis 34:3
He became infatuated with Dinah, daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke tenderly to her.
Judges 19:3
Then her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back. He had his servant with him and a pair of donkeys. So she brought him to her father’s house, and when the girl’s father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.

Not like

1 Samuel 25:41
She stood up, then bowed her face to the ground and said, “Here I am, your servant, to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the Lord is what wisdom teaches,
and humility comes before honor.


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Philippians 2:3
Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.

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