In 1 Samuel 17:43, Goliath sneered at David as a dog — now David applies the same label to himself in humility.

In 1 Samuel 26:20, David again calls himself a 'flea' — the same metaphor of insignificance he uses here.

In 2 Samuel 9:8, Mephibosheth calls himself a 'dead dog' — directly echoing David's own self-description of unworthiness.

In Psalm 142:6, David echoes his self-description as lowly and pleads for deliverance from persecutors, matching his words to Saul.

In 2 Samuel 16:9, Abishai calls Shimei a 'dead dog' — the same phrase David used of himself, now turned into an insult.

In 2 Samuel 3:8, Abner uses 'dog's head' in self-defense — a similar self-deprecating idiom to David's 'dead dog'.

In Job 13:25, Job describes himself as a driven leaf and dry chaff — like David's flea, imagery of being small and pursued.

In Judges 8:1-3, Gideon uses humble words to defuse Ephraim's anger — a similar tactic of self-deprecation as David's 'dead dog'.

In Job 7:17, Job questions why God pays attention to insignificant humans — akin to David's self-description as a flea.