1 Samuel 20:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.
  • Esth 7:7 : 7 And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him.
  • 2 Sam 17:4 : 4 And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.
  • Deut 1:23 : 23 And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;
  • 1 Sam 20:9 : 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?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 20:8-10
    3 verses
    78%

    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?

    10 Then David said to Jonathan, Who will give me word if your father gives you a rough answer?

  • 2 Sam 19:27
    75%

    27 He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.

  • 2 Sam 19:7
    75%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 15:26
    74%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 25:6
    74%

    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 20:13
    74%

    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 26:17-19
    3 verses
    73%

    17 And Saul, conscious that the voice was David's, said, Is that your voice, David, my son? And David said, It is my voice, O my lord king.

    18 And he said, Why does my lord go armed against his servant? what have I done? or what evil is there in me?

    19 Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.

  • 1 Sam 25:30-31
    2 verses
    73%

    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;

    31 Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant.

  • 2 Sam 7:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19 And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

    20 What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God.

    21 Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.

  • 1 Kgs 20:40
    73%

    40 But while your servant was turning this way and that, he was gone. Then the king of Israel said to him, You are responsible; you have given the decision against yourself.

  • 1 Sam 25:17
    72%

    17 So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.

  • 2 Sam 14:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16 For the king will give ear, and take his servant out of the power of the man whose purpose is the destruction of me and my son together from the heritage of God.

    17 Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!

  • 1 Sam 29:7
    72%

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

  • 1 Sam 24:19
    72%

    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.

  • Job 22:21
    72%

    21 Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.

  • 1 Sam 24:17
    72%

    17 Now when David had said these words to Saul, Saul said, Is this your voice, David, my son? And Saul was overcome with weeping.

  • 1 Chr 12:17
    71%

    17 And David went out to them, and said to them, If you have come in peace to give me help, my heart will be united with yours; but if you have come to give me up to those who would take my life, though my hands are clean from wrongdoing, then may the God of our fathers see it and give you punishment.

  • 1 Sam 25:21
    71%

    21 Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.

  • Ps 7:4
    71%

    4 If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

  • 1 Kgs 2:6
    71%

    6 So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.

  • 1 Sam 20:6
    71%

    6 And if your father takes note of the fact that I am away, say, David made a request to me for himself that he might go to Beth-lehem, to his town: for it is the time when his family make their offering year by year.

  • 2 Sam 14:20
    71%

    20 This he did, hoping that the face of this business might be changed: and my lord is wise, with the wisdom of the angel of God, having knowledge of everything on earth.

  • 2 Sam 15:34
    70%

    34 But if you go back to the town and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as in the past I have been your father's servant, so now I will be yours: then you will be able to keep Ahithophel's designs against me from being put into effect.

  • 1 Sam 20:21
    70%

    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 25:8
    70%

    8 If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your son David.

  • 2 Kgs 20:19
    70%

    19 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which you have said. Then he said, ... if in my time there is peace and righteousness?

  • Prov 16:7
    70%

    7 When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.

  • Gen 44:29
    70%

    29 If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

  • 1 Sam 23:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10 Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.

    11 And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God of Israel, give ear to your servant, and say if these things are so. And the Lord said, He is coming down.

  • 1 Sam 17:9
    70%

    9 If he is able to have a fight with me and overcome me, then we will be your servants: but if I am able to overcome him, then you will be our servants and do work for us.

  • Jer 15:11
    70%

    11 ...

  • Jer 3:5
    70%

    5 Will he be angry for ever? will he keep his wrath to the end? These things you have said, and have done evil and have had your way.

  • 1 Sam 19:4
    70%

    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:

  • 1 Sam 25:28
    70%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 17:18
    70%

    18 What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.

  • Deut 20:11
    70%

    11 And if it gives you back an answer of peace, opening its doors to you, then all the people in it may be put to forced work as your servants.

  • 1 Sam 17:29
    70%

    29 And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?

  • 2 Sam 16:12
    70%

    12 It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.

  • Prov 24:18
    69%

    18 For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    69%

    24 And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.