1 Samuel 20:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Jonathan said to him, ‘No, you won’t die. Listen, my father doesn’t do anything, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This can’t be true.’

Cross References

John 17:8

because I have given them the words you gave me.   They have received them and have known for certain that I came from you.   They have believed that you sent me.

1 Samuel 9:15

Now the day before Saul’s arrival, the Lord had informed Samuel,

1 Samuel 20:12

‘By the Lord, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If I find out that he is favourable towards you, will I not send for you and tell you?

1 Samuel 14:45

But the people said to Saul, ‘Must Jonathan die? He accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel! No, as the Lord lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground,  for he worked with God’s help today.’  So the people redeemed Jonathan, and he did not die.

Joshua 22:29

We would never ever rebel against the Lord or turn away from him today by building an altar for burnt offering, grain offering, or sacrifice, other than the altar of the Lord our God, which is in front of his tabernacle.’

Genesis 44:7

They said to him, ‘Why does my lord say these things? Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.

John 15:15

I do not call you servants any more, because a servant doesn’t know what his master   , is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from my Father.

Luke 20:16

He will come and kill   those farmers and give the vineyard to others.’ But when they heard this they said, ‘That must never happen! ’

Isaiah 50:5

The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I did not turn back.

Joshua 24:16

The people replied, ‘We will certainly not abandon the Lord to worship other gods!

1 Samuel 20:1

David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and asked, ‘What have I done?  What did I do wrong? How have I sinned against your father so that he wants to take my life? ’

1 Samuel 20:3

But David said, ‘Your father certainly knows that I have found favour with you. He has said, “Jonathan must not know of this, or else he will be grieved.” ’ David also swore, ‘As surely as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.’

Proverbs 29:24

To be a thief’s partner is to hate oneself; he hears the curse but will not testify.