1 Samuel 18:21 Cross References - NSB

²¹ He said to himself: »I will give Michal to David. I will use her to trap him. The Philistines will kill him.« So for the second time Saul said to David: »You will be my son-in-law.«

⁷ Pharaoh’s servants said to him: »How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go so that they may serve Jehovah their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?«

¹¹ Saul sent messengers to watch David’s house and kill him in the morning. Michal, David’s wife advised him: »If you do not save yourself tonight, you will be dead tomorrow!« ¹² Michal lowered David through a window. He ran away to escape.

¹⁷ Finally, Saul said to David: »Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I will give her to you as your wife if you prove yourself to be a warrior for me and fight Jehovah’s battles.« Saul thought: »I must not lay a hand on him. Let the Philistines do that.«

²⁶ Saul’s officials reported to David what Saul had said. David was delighted with the thought of becoming the king’s son-in-law. Before the day set for the wedding,

¹⁴ See how they conceive evil. They are pregnant with wickedness and give birth to lies. ¹⁵ They dig out a pit and fall into the hole that they have made. ¹⁶ Their mischief returns upon their own heads. Their violence descends on their own heads.

¹² Those who seek my life lay traps for me. Those who are out to harm me talk about ruining me. All day long they think of ways to deceive me.

²⁴ He who hates disguises with his lips, and stores deceit within him. ²⁵ When he speaks kind words do not believe him. There are seven abominations in his heart. ²⁶ When hatred is covered by deceit, wickedness is revealed to the entire congregation.

⁵ A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

²⁶ »Wicked men are found among my people. They lie in ambush like bird catchers. They set traps and catch men.

⁸ »Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit! With the mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor, but inwardly he sets an ambush for him.«