1 Samuel 20:24

A Conservative Version

So David hid himself in the field. And when the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:3

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to LORD than sacrifice.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 15:17

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred with it.

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

John 18:28

They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas to the Praetorium. And it was early, and they did not enter into the Praetorium, so that they would not be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover.

Zechariah 7:6

And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do ye not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination. How much more when he brings it with a wicked mind!

1 Samuel 20:5

And David said to Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king to eat. But let me go that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.

1 Samuel 20:23

And concerning the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, LORD is between thee and me forever.

1 Samuel 20:25

And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon the seat by the wall, and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul's side, but David's place was empty.