1 Samuel 20:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 1 Sam 20:37 : 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?

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  • 1 Sam 20:20-21
    2 verses
    88%

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

    21 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.

  • 1 Sam 20:35-40
    6 verses
    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.

  • 1 Sam 20:23
    73%

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

  • 1 Sam 20:13
    71%

    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.

  • Gen 27:3
    70%

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

  • 1 Sam 20:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    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?

  • Gen 24:56
    69%

    56 And he said, Do not keep me; the Lord has given a good outcome to my journey; let me now go back to my master.

  • 2 Kgs 13:15
    69%

    15 Then Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows: and he took bow and arrows.

  • Jer 1:7
    69%

    7 But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say.

  • 2 Kgs 13:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

  • Ps 21:12
    69%

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

  • 1 Sam 19:3
    69%

    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.

  • Jer 38:21
    68%

    21 But if you do not go out, this is what the Lord has made clear to me:

  • Ps 127:4
    68%

    4 Like arrows in the hand of a man of war, are the children of the young.

  • Gen 24:40
    68%

    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 20:42
    68%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 18:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11 And now you say, Go, say to your lord, Elijah is here.

    12 And straight away, when I have gone from you, the spirit of the Lord will take you away, I have no idea where, so that when I come and give word to Ahab, and he sees you not, he will put me to death: though I, your servant, have been a worshipper of the Lord from my earliest years.

  • 2 Sam 15:20
    68%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 19:7
    68%

    7 So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my oath, that if you do not go out, not one of them will keep with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil which has overtaken you from your earliest years.

  • Ezek 39:3
    68%

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

  • Ezek 21:16
    68%

    16 Be pointed to the right, to the left, wherever your edge is ordered.

  • Lam 3:12
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    12 With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.

  • Judg 18:6
    68%

    6 And the priest said to them, Go in peace: your way is guided by the Lord.

  • 2 Sam 11:20
    68%

    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 Kgs 20:42
    67%

    42 And he said to him, These are the words of the Lord: Because you have let go from your hands the man whom I had put to the curse, your life will be taken for his life, and your people for his people.

  • 2 Sam 22:15
    67%

    15 And he sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

  • 1 Sam 29:7
    67%

    7 So now go back, and go in peace, so that you do not make the lords of the Philistines angry.

  • 1 Sam 4:16
    67%

    16 And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?

  • 1 Sam 20:11
    67%

    11 And Jonathan said to David, Come, let us go out into the country. And the two of them went out together into the open country.

  • 1 Sam 24:19
    67%

    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 10:2
    67%

    2 When you have gone away from me today, you will see two men by the resting-place of Rachel's body, in the land of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The asses which you went in search of have come back, and now your father, caring no longer for the asses, is troubled about you, saying, What am I to do about my son?

  • 2 Chr 25:8
    67%

    8 But go yourself, and be strong in war; God will not let you go down before those who are fighting against you; for God has power to give help or to send you down before your attackers.

  • Ps 144:6
    67%

    6 With your storm-flames send them in flight: send out your arrows for their destruction.

  • Deut 1:42
    67%

    42 And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up to the attack; for I am not among you, and you will be overcome by those who are against you.

  • 2 Sam 22:35
    67%

    35 He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

  • Gen 24:8
    67%

    8 And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.

  • 1 Sam 25:29
    67%

    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.

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    24 He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;

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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.

  • 2 Sam 15:26
    67%

    26 But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.