1 Samuel 20:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And may you, while I am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me from death!

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 9:3 : 3 And the king said, Is there anyone of Saul's family still living, to whom I may be a friend in God's name? And Ziba said, There is a son of Jonathan, whose feet are damaged.
  • Eph 5:1-2 : 1 Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children; 2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.

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  • 1 Sam 20:15-16
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    85%

    15 And let not your mercy ever be cut off from my family, even when the Lord has sent destruction on all David's haters, cutting them off from the face of the earth.

    16 And if it comes about that the name of Jonathan is cut off from the family of David, the Lord will make David responsible.

  • 1 Sam 20:12-13
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    83%

    12 And Jonathan said to David, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be witness; when I have had a chance of talking to my father, about this time tomorrow, if his feelings to David are good, will I not send and give you the news?

    13 May the Lord's punishment be on Jonathan, if it is my father's pleasure to do you evil and I do not give you word of it and send you away so that you may go in peace: and may the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.

  • 1 Sam 20:2-4
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    80%

    2 And he said to him, Far be the thought: you will not be put to death: see, my father does nothing, great or small, without giving me word of it: would he keep this secret from me? It is not so.

    3 But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your soul is living, there is only a step between me and death.

    4 Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.

  • 1 Sam 20:8-9
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    79%

    8 So, then, be kind to your servant; for you have been united with your servant in an agreement made before the Lord: but if there is any wrongdoing in me, put me to death yourself; why take me to your father?

    9 And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought: for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not give you word of it?

  • 1 Sam 24:18-19
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    18 And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil.

    19 And you have made clear to me how good you have been to me today: because, when the Lord gave me up into your hands, you did not put me to death.

  • 1 Sam 14:44-45
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    76%

    44 And Saul said, May God's punishment be on me if death is not your fate, Jonathan.

    45 And the people said to Saul, Is death to come to Jonathan, the worker of this great salvation for Israel? Let it not be so: by the living Lord, not one hair of his head is to be touched, for he has been working with God today. So the people kept Jonathan from death.

  • Josh 2:12-13
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    12 So now, will you give me your oath by the Lord, that, because I have been kind to you, you will be kind to my father's house,

    13 And that you will keep safe my father and mother and my brothers and sisters and all they have, so that death may not come on us?

  • 2 Sam 2:6
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    6 May the Lord be good and true to you: and I myself will see that your kind act is rewarded, because you have done this thing.

  • 1 Sam 20:31
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    31 For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.

  • Ps 118:17-18
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    74%

    17 Life and not death will be my part, and I will give out the story of the works of the Lord.

    18 The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death.

  • 1 Sam 14:39
    74%

    39 For, by the living Lord, the saviour of Israel, even if the sinner is Jonathan, my son, death will certainly be his fate. But not a man among all the people gave him any answer.

  • Ps 40:11
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    11 Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever.

  • 2 Sam 9:1
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    1 And David said, Is there still anyone of Saul's family living, so that I may be a friend to him, because of Jonathan?

  • 1 Sam 19:6
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    6 And Saul gave ear to the voice of Jonathan, and said with an oath, By the living Lord, he is not to be put to death.

  • 2 Sam 9:7
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    7 And David said to him, Have no fear: for truly I will be good to you, because of your father Jonathan, and I will give back to you all the land which was Saul's; and you will have a place at my table at all times.

  • 1 Sam 26:24
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    24 And so, as your life was dear to me today, may my life be dear to the Lord, and may he make me free from all my troubles.

  • 1 Sam 20:42
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    42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. Then David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.

  • 2 Sam 15:20-21
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    20 It was only yesterday you came to us; why then am I to make you go up and down with us? for I have to go where I may; go back then, and take your countrymen with you, and may the Lord's mercy and good faith be with you.

    21 And Ittai the Gittite in answer said, By the living Lord, and by the life of my lord the king, in whatever place my lord the king may be, for life or death, there will your servant be.

  • 1 Sam 24:11
    72%

    11 Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.

  • 1 Sam 24:21
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    21 And now I am certain that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be made strong under your authority.

  • 1 Sam 19:3-4
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    3 And I will go out and take my place by my father's side in the field near where you are; and I will get into talk with my father about you, and when I see how things are, I will give you word.

    4 And Jonathan gave his father Saul a good account of David, and said to him, Let not the king do wrong against his servant, against David; because he has done you no wrong, and all his acts have had a good outcome for you:

  • Ps 23:6
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    6 Truly, blessing and mercy will be with me all the days of my life; and I will have a place in the house of the Lord all my days.

  • Isa 38:11
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    11 I said, I will not see the Lord, even the Lord in the land of the living: I will not see man again or those living in the world.

  • 2 Sam 1:26
    71%

    26 I am full of grief for you, my brother Jonathan: very dear have you been to me: your love for me was a wonder, greater than the love of women.

  • 1 Sam 22:16
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    16 And the king said, You will certainly be put to death, Ahimelech, you and all your father's family.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
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    4 So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

  • 1 Sam 25:30
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    30 And when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, and has made you a ruler over Israel;

  • 2 Sam 7:15
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    15 But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.

  • 1 Sam 23:17
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    17 And said to him, Have no fear, for Saul my father will not get you into his power; and you will be king of Israel, and I will be by your side, and my father Saul is certain of this.

  • Jer 38:26
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    26 Then you are to say to them, I made my request to the king, that he would not send me back to my death in Jonathan's house.

  • Num 11:15
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    15 If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.

  • Ps 39:13
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    13 Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

  • Acts 2:28
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    28 You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face.

  • 2 Sam 1:17
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    17 Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:

  • Ps 41:2
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    2 The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.

  • 2 Sam 14:11
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    11 Then she said, Let the king keep in mind the Lord your God, so that he who gives punishment for blood may be kept back from further destruction and that no one may send death on my son. And he said, By the living Lord, not a hair of your son's head will come to the earth.

  • Jer 37:20
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    20 And now be pleased to give ear, O my lord the king; let my prayer for help come before you, and do not make me go back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, for fear that I may come to my death there.

  • 1 Sam 20:23
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    23 As for what you and I were talking of, the Lord is between you and me for ever.

  • Ruth 1:17
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    17 Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death.