Verse 10

He crouches and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 2:36 : 36 And it shall come to pass, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
  • 1 Sam 18:21-26 : 21 And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, Today you shall be my son-in-law in one of the two. 22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Speak with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law. 23 And Saul's servants spoke those words in David's ears. And David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, This is what David spoke. 25 And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king desires no dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law: and before the days had expired,
  • 1 Sam 23:21-22 : 21 And Saul said, Blessed be you of the LORD; for you have compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly.
  • 2 Sam 15:5 : 5 And it was so, that when any man came near to him to do obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.