1 Samuel 20:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Be kind to me. After all, it was your idea to promise the LORD that we would always be loyal friends. If I've done anything wrong, kill me yourself, but don't hand me over to your father.

Cross References

Genesis 24:49

Now please tell me if you are willing to do the right thing for my master. Will you treat him fairly, or do I have to look for another young woman?

Genesis 47:29

When Jacob knew he did not have long to live, he called in Joseph and said, “If you really love me, you must make a solemn promise not to bury me in Egypt.

2 Samuel 14:32

Absalom answered, “You didn't pay any attention when I sent for you. I want you to ask my father why he told me to come back from Geshur. I was better off there. I want to see my father now! If I'm guilty, let him kill me.”

1 Chronicles 12:17

David met them outside and said, “If you are coming as friends to fight on my side, then stay and join us. But if you try to turn me over to my enemies, the God our ancestors worshipped will punish you, because I have done nothing wrong.”

Psalm 116:11

though in my confusion I said, “I can't trust anyone!”

Proverbs 3:3

Let love and loyalty always show like a necklace, and write them in your mind.

Acts 25:11

If I had done something deserving death, I would not ask to escape the death penalty. But I am not guilty of any of these crimes, and no one has the right to hand me over to these people. I now ask to be tried by the Emperor himself.”

Joshua 2:14

“Rahab,” the spies answered, “if you keep quiet about what we're doing, we promise to be kind to you when the LORD gives us this land. We pray that the LORD will kill us if we don't keep our promise!”

Joshua 22:22

The LORD is the greatest God! We ask him to be our witness, because he knows whether or not we were rebellious or unfaithful when we built that altar. If we were unfaithful, then we pray that God won't rescue us today. Let us tell you why we built that altar,

Ruth 1:8

Naomi said to them, “Don't you want to go back home to your own mothers? You were kind to my husband and sons, and you have always been kind to me. I pray that the LORD will be just as kind to you.

1 Samuel 18:1

David and Saul finished talking, and soon David and Jonathan became best friends. Jonathan thought as much of David as he did of himself.

1 Samuel 18:3

Jonathan liked David so much that they promised they would always be loyal friends.

1 Samuel 20:16

Jonathan and David made an agreement that even David's descendants would have to keep. Then Jonathan said, “I pray that the LORD will take revenge on your descendants if they break our promise.”

1 Samuel 20:9

“Don't worry,” Jonathan said. “If I find out that my father wants to kill you, I'll certainly let you know.”

1 Samuel 23:18

They both promised the LORD that they would always be loyal to each other. Then Jonathan went home, but David stayed at Horesh.