Verse 1

David asked, "Is there anyone still left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan's sake?"

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 20:42 : 42 Jonathan said to David, 'Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the LORD, saying,
  • 1 Sam 20:14-17 : 14 But show me the loyalty of the LORD as long as I live, so that I may not die. 15 And do not ever withdraw your kindness from my family, even when the LORD cuts off all of David’s enemies from the face of the earth. 16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the LORD demand an accounting of David's enemies." 17 And Jonathan had David swear again by his love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.
  • 1 Sam 18:1-4 : 1 When David had finished speaking to Saul, Jonathan's soul was deeply connected to David's, and Jonathan loved him as much as he loved his own life. 2 From that day forward, Saul took David with him and did not permit him to return to his father’s house. 3 Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as he loved his own life. 4 Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his armor, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
  • 1 Sam 23:16-18 : 16 Then Jonathan, Saul's son, went to David in the woods and strengthened his hand in God. 17 He said to him, 'Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father will not find you; you will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you. Even Saul my father knows this.' 18 The two of them made a covenant before the LORD. Then David remained in the woods, and Jonathan returned to his house.
  • 2 Sam 1:26 : 26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more than the love of women.
  • 1 Kgs 2:7 : 7 But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, for they supported me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
  • Prov 27:10 : 10 Do not abandon your friend or your father's friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in your day of disaster; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
  • Matt 10:42 : 42 And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple—truly I tell you, he will by no means lose his reward.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did it for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
  • Mark 9:41 : 41 'Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose their reward.'
  • John 19:26-27 : 26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Woman, here is your son." 27 Then he said to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
  • Phlm 1:9-9 : 9 I appeal instead, on the basis of love. Being such as I am—Paul, an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus— 10 I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I became a father to while in my chains. 11 Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me. 12 I am sending him back to you—he is my very heart.
  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another as brothers and sisters, be tenderhearted and humble.