1 Samuel 20:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I will send my boy to have a look for the arrow. And if I say to him, See, the arrow is on this side of you; take it up! then you may come; for there is peace for you and no evil, by the living Lord.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 4:2 : 2 And you will take your oath, By the living Lord, in good faith and wisdom and righteousness; and the nations will make use of you as a blessing, and in you will they take a pride.
  • Jer 5:2 : 2 And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.
  • Jer 12:16 : 16 And it will be that, if they give their minds to learning the ways of my people, using my name in their oaths, By the living Lord; as they have been teaching my people to take oaths by the Baal; then their place will be made certain among my people.
  • Amos 8:14 : 14 Those who make their oaths by the sin of Samaria and say, By the life of your God, O Dan; and, By the living way of Beer-sheba; even they will go down, never again to be lifted up.

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  • 1 Sam 20:22-23
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    22 But if I say to the boy, See, the arrow has gone past you: then go on your way, for the Lord has sent you away.

    23 As for what you and I were talking of, the Lord is between you and me for ever.

  • 1 Sam 20:19-20
    2 verses
    85%

    19 And on the third day it will be specially noted, and you will go to the place where you took cover when the other business was in hand, waiting by the hill over there.

    20 And on the third day I will send arrows from my bow against its side as if at a mark.

  • 1 Sam 20:35-40
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    80%

    35 Now in the morning, Jonathan went out into the fields at the time he had said to David, and he had a little boy with him.

    36 And he said to the boy, Go and get the arrow I let loose from my bow. And while the boy was running, he sent an arrow past him.

    37 And when the boy came to the place where the arrow was, Jonathan, crying out after the boy, said, Has it not gone past you?

    38 And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.

    39 But the boy had no idea what was going on; only Jonathan and David had knowledge of it.

    40 And Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy, and said to him, Take these and go back to the town.

  • Gen 27:3
    72%

    3 So take your arrows and your bow and go out to the field and get meat for me;

  • 2 Kgs 13:17-18
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    17 Then he said; Let the window be open to the east: and he got it open. Then Elisha said, Let the arrow go; and he let it go. And he said, The Lord's arrow of salvation, of salvation over Aram; for you will overcome the Aramaeans in Aphek and put an end to them.

    18 And he said, Take the arrows: and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Send them down into the earth; and he did so three times and no more.

  • 2 Kgs 13:15
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    15 Then Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows: and he took bow and arrows.

  • 1 Sam 20:7-8
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    7 If he says, It is well, your servant will be at peace: but if he is angry, then it will be clear to you that he has an evil purpose in mind against me.

    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?

  • 1 Sam 20:12-13
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    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 25:6
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    6 And say this to my brother, May all be well for you: peace be to you and your house and all you have.

  • 1 Sam 19:3
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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.

  • 2 Sam 17:3
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    3 And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.

  • 1 Sam 26:22
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    22 Then David said, Here is the king's spear! let one of the young men come over and get it.

  • 1 Sam 24:11-12
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    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.

    12 And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.

  • Gen 24:40
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    40 And he said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make it possible for you to get a wife for my son from my relations and my father's house;

  • 1 Sam 25:28-29
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    28 And may the sin of your servant have forgiveness: for the Lord will certainly make your family strong, because my lord is fighting in the Lord's war; and no evil will be seen in you all your days.

    29 And though a man has taken up arms against you, putting your life in danger, still the soul of my lord will be kept safe among the band of the living with the Lord your God; and the souls of those who are against you he will send violently away from him, like stones from a bag.

  • Ezek 39:3
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    3 And with a blow I will send your bow out of your left hand and your arrows falling from your right hand.

  • Gen 44:30
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    30 If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,

  • Gen 21:20
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    20 And God was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in the waste land.

  • 2 Sam 11:20
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    20 If the king is angry and says, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall?

  • 1 Sam 24:19
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    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 29:7
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    7 So now go back, and go in peace, so that you do not make the lords of the Philistines angry.

  • Ps 21:12
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    12 Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.

  • Gen 26:29
    67%

    29 That you will do us no damage, even as we put no hand on you, and did you nothing but good, and sent you away in peace: and now the blessing of the Lord is on you.

  • 1 Sam 21:8-9
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    67%

    8 And David said to Ahimelech, Have you no sword or spear with you here? for I have come without my sword and other arms, because the king's business had to be done quickly.

    9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you put to death in the valley of Elah, is here folded in a cloth at the back of the ephod: take that, if you will, for there is no other sword here. And David said, there is no other sword like that; give it to me.

  • 2 Chr 18:33
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    33 And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.

  • Exod 21:13
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    13 But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight.

  • 1 Chr 21:27
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    27 Then the Lord gave orders to the angel, and he put back his sword into its cover.

  • 1 Sam 23:23
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    23 So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 20:37
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    37 Then he came across another man, and said, Give me a wound. And the man gave him a blow wounding him.

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    6 And the young man said, I came by chance to Mount Gilboa, and I saw Saul supporting himself on his spear; and the war-carriages and horsemen overtook him.