Verse 23

And Saul's{H7586} servants{H5650} spake{H1696} those words{H1697} in the ears{H241} of David.{H1732} And David{H1732} said,{H559} Seemeth{H5869} it to you a light{H7043} thing to be the king's{H4428} son-in-law,{H2859} seeing that I am a poor{H7326} man,{H376} and lightly esteemed?{H7034}

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 9:21 : 21 And Saul{H7586} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Am not I a Benjamite,{H1145} of the smallest{H6996} of the tribes{H7626} of Israel?{H3478} and my family{H4940} the least{H6810} of all the families{H4940} of the tribe{H7626} of Benjamin?{H1144} wherefore then speakest{H1696} thou to me after{H1697} this manner?
• Ps 119:141 : 141 I am small{H6810} and despised;{H959} [Yet] do I not forget{H7911} thy precepts.{H6490}
• Prov 14:20 : 20 The poor{H7326} is hated{H8130} even of his own neighbor;{H7453} But the rich{H6223} hath many{H7227} friends.{H157}
• Prov 19:6-7 : 6 Many{H7227} will entreat{H2470} the favor{H6440} of the liberal{H5081} man; And every man is a friend{H7453} to him{H376} that giveth gifts.{H4976} 7 All the brethren{H251} of the poor{H7326} do hate{H8130} him: How much more do his friends{H4828} go far{H7368} from him! He pursueth{H7291} [them with] words,{H561} [but] they are gone.
• Eccl 9:15-16 : 15 Now there was found{H4672} in it a poor{H4542} wise{H2450} man,{H376} and he by his wisdom{H2451} delivered{H4422} the city;{H5892} yet no man{H120} remembered{H2142} that same poor{H4542} man.{H376} 16 Then said{H559} I, Wisdom{H2451} is better{H2896} than strength:{H1369} nevertheless the poor man's{H4542} wisdom{H2451} is despised,{H959} and his words{H1697} are not heard.{H8085}
• 1 John 3:1 : 1 Behold{G1492} what manner of{G4217} love{G26} the Father{G3962} hath bestowed{G1325} upon us,{G2254} that{G2443} we should be called{G2564} children{G5043} of God;{G2316} and [such] we are. For this{G1223} cause{G5124} the world{G2889} knoweth{G1097} us{G2248} not,{G3756} because{G3754} it knew{G1097} him{G846} not.{G3756}