1 Samuel 20:9

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Jonathan said, "Far be it from you! If I knew for certain that my father intended to harm you, wouldn't I tell you?"

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  • 1 Sam 19:2 : 2 Jonathan warned David, saying, "My father Saul is seeking to kill you. So please be on guard in the morning; find a safe hiding place and stay there.
  • 1 Sam 20:38 : 38 Then he shouted, 'Hurry! Go quickly! Don’t stop!' The boy picked up the arrows and returned to his master.
  • 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,

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  • 1 Sam 20:10-17
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    87%

    10David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?"

    11Jonathan said to David, "Come, let us go out into the field." So both of them went out into the field.

    12Jonathan said to David, "The LORD, the God of Israel, be my witness: I will sound out my father about this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, won't I send word to you and let you know?"

    13May the LORD punish Jonathan severely if I do not inform you and send you away in peace when my father intends to harm you. May the LORD be with you as He has been with my father.

    14But show me the loyalty of the LORD as long as I live, so that I may not die.

    15And 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.

    16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the LORD demand an accounting of David's enemies."

    17And Jonathan had David swear again by his love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.

  • 1 Sam 20:1-4
    4 verses
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    1David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came and said to Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my guilt, and what is my sin before your father that he seeks my life?"

    2Jonathan said to him, "Far be it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing great or small without revealing it to me. Why then would my father hide this matter from me? It's not so!"

    3But David swore again and said, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, 'Let Jonathan not know this, lest he be grieved.' But as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death."

    4Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you."

  • 1 Sam 20:7-8
    2 verses
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    7If he says, 'Good,' it will mean peace for your servant. But if he is very angry, know that he has determined harm.

    8Therefore, deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. But if I am guilty, kill me yourself; why bring me to your father?

  • 1 Sam 19:1-7
    7 verses
    81%

    1Saul spoke to his son Jonathan and to all his servants, commanding them to kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, held a deep affection for David.

    2Jonathan warned David, saying, "My father Saul is seeking to kill you. So please be on guard in the morning; find a safe hiding place and stay there.

    3I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are hiding. I will speak with him about you, and if I learn anything, I will let you know.

    4Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul, his father, saying, "The king should not sin against his servant David. He has done no wrong to you; on the contrary, his actions have greatly benefited you.

    5He risked his life to kill the Philistine, and the LORD brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. So why would you sin by shedding innocent blood by killing David without cause?

    6Saul listened to Jonathan and swore, "As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death."

    7Then Jonathan called David and told him everything. He brought David to Saul, and David was once again in Saul’s presence as before.

  • 1 Sam 20:28-35
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    28Jonathan answered Saul, 'David earnestly asked me for permission to go to Bethlehem.'

    29He said, ‘Please let me go, for our family is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to attend. If I have found favor in your eyes, let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.

    30Saul’s anger flared up at Jonathan, and he said to him, 'You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?'

    31As long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now send someone to bring him to me, for he must die!'

    32Jonathan responded to his father Saul and asked, 'Why should he be put to death? What has he done?'

    33But Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. Then Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.

    34Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger. He did not eat any food on the second day of the month, because he was grieved at his father’s shameful treatment of David.

    35In the morning, Jonathan went out to the field to meet David at the appointed time, and he took a young boy with him.

  • 1 Sam 23:17-18
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    17He 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.'

    18The two of them made a covenant before the LORD. Then David remained in the woods, and Jonathan returned to his house.

  • 1 Sam 14:1
    76%

    1One day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who carried his armor, 'Come, let us cross over to the garrison of the Philistines on the other side.' But he did not tell his father.

  • 1 Sam 20:39-40
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    39The boy knew nothing about this; only Jonathan and David knew of the matter.

    40Jonathan handed his weapons to the boy who was with him and said, 'Go, take these back to the city.'

  • 1 Sam 14:39-40
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    39As surely as the Lord, who saves Israel, lives—even if it is my son Jonathan—he must die.' But no one among the people said a word.

    40Then Saul said to all Israel, 'You stand on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will stand on the other.' And the people said to Saul, 'Do whatever seems right to you.'

  • 1 Sam 14:43-45
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    43Then Saul said to Jonathan, 'Tell me what you have done.' So Jonathan told him, 'I merely tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand, and now I must die?'

    44Saul said, 'May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if you do not surely die, Jonathan.'

    45But the people said to Saul, 'Should Jonathan die, he who has brought about this great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the Lord lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for he acted with God’s help today.' So the people rescued Jonathan, and he was not put to death.

  • 1 Sam 20:42
    75%

    42Jonathan said to David, 'Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the LORD, saying,

  • 1 Sam 14:8
    74%

    8Jonathan said, 'Look, we will cross over to the men and let them see us.'

  • 2 Sam 18:13
    74%

    13'If I had acted treacherously against my own life, nothing is hidden from the king, and you yourself would have kept your distance from me.'

  • 1 Sam 24:11
    73%

    11'This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you and said, "I will not lay my hand on my lord because he is the LORD’s anointed."'

  • 1 Sam 14:29
    72%

    29Jonathan said, 'My father has brought trouble to the land. See how my eyes have brightened because I tasted just a little of this honey.'

  • 1 Sam 3:17
    72%

    17Eli asked, "What was it that he said to you? Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you severely if you hide from me anything he told you."

  • 1 Sam 22:15
    72%

    15Was this the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse me or any of my father's family, for your servant knows nothing about this whole affair—whether great or small.'

  • 1 Sam 20:37
    72%

    37When the boy came to the place where Jonathan's arrow had fallen, Jonathan called out after him, 'Isn’t the arrow beyond you?'

  • Jer 38:26
    71%

    26then tell them, ‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house to die there.’"

  • 1 Sam 14:27
    71%

    27Jonathan, however, had not heard his father make the people swear the oath. So he reached out the tip of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and raised it to his mouth. His eyes then brightened.

  • 1 Sam 18:1
    71%

    1When 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.