1 Samuel 9:21
"And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?"
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- 1 Samuel 15:17
"And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?"
Read in chapter → - Luke 14:11
"For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 68:27
"There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali."
Read in chapter → - Ephesians 3:8
"Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;"
Read in chapter → - Judges 20:46
"So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 18:23
"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?"
Read in chapter → - Hosea 13:1
"When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 10:27
"But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 18:18
"And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?"
Read in chapter → - Judges 6:14
"And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?"
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