1Sa 9:21, 15:17, Luk 14:11 | ESV | STEP | Saul answered , Am I not a Benjaminite , from the least of the tribes of Israel ? And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin ? Why then have you spoken to me in this way ?

d ch. 18:14; [Prov. 29:23; Ezek. 21:26; Matt. 18:4; James 4:6, 10; 1 Pet. 5:5, 6]

1 Samuel 9:21

21 Saul answered, “Am I not a Benjaminite, ^afrom the least of the tribes of Israel? ^bAnd is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?”

1 Samuel 15:17

17 And Samuel said, ^c“Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.

Luke 14:11

11 For ^deveryone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”