1 Samuel 18:1

Catholic Public Domain Version

And it happened that, when he had completed speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan adhered to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him like his own soul.

Cross References

Genesis 44:30

Therefore, if I would have gone to your servant, our father, with the boy not present, (though his life depends upon the life of him)

2 Samuel 1:26

I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan: exceedingly stately, and worthy to be loved above the love of women. As a mother loves her only son, so also did I love you.

1 Chronicles 12:17

And David went out to meet them, and he said: "If you have arrived peacefully, so as to be a help to me, may my heart be joined to you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, though I have no iniquity in my hands, may the God of our fathers see and judge."

Proverbs 18:24

A man amiable to society shall be more friendly than a brother.

Deuteronomy 13:6

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your own son or daughter, or your wife who is in your bosom, or your friend, whom you love like your own soul, were willing to persuade you secretly, saying: 'Let us go, and serve foreign gods,' which neither you nor your fathers have known,

Colossians 2:2

May their hearts be consoled and instructed in charity, with all the riches of a plenitude of understanding, with knowledge of the mystery of God the Father and of Christ Jesus.

Judges 20:11

And all of Israel convened against the city, like one man, with one mind and one counsel.

1 Samuel 14:45

And the people said to Saul: "Why should Jonathan have to die, who has accomplished this great salvation in Israel? This is wrong. As the Lord lives, not one hair of his head should fall to the ground. For he has wrought with God this day." Therefore, the people freed Jonathan, so that he would not die.

1 Samuel 18:3

Then David and Jonathan formed a pact. For he loved him like his own soul.

1 Samuel 19:1

Now Saul spoke to his son Jonathan, and to all his servants, so that they would kill David. But Jonathan, the son of Saul, loved David very much.

1 Samuel 19:2

And Jonathan revealed it to David, saying: "Saul, my father, is seeking to kill you. Because of this, I ask you, take care for yourself in the morning. And you should conceal yourself and remain in hiding.

1 Samuel 20:17

And Jonathan continued to swear to David, because he loved him. For he loved him like his own soul.

1 Samuel 20:8

Therefore, show mercy to your servant. For you have brought me, your servant, into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is any iniquity in me, you may kill me, and you shall not lead me in to your father."

1 Samuel 22:8

so that you would all conspire against me, and so that there is no one to inform me, especially when even my son has formed a pact with the son of Jesse? There is no one among you who grieves for my situation, or who would report to me. For my son has raised up my servant against me, seeking to betray me, even to this day."

1 Samuel 23:18

Therefore, they both struck a pact before the Lord. And David stayed in the woods. But Jonathan returned to his house.