1 Samuel 20:2

English Standard Version 2016

And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me. And why should my father hide this from me? It is not so.”

Cross References

John 17:8

For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.

1 Samuel 9:15

Now the day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed to Samuel:

1 Samuel 20:12

And Jonathan said to David, “The Lord, the God of Israel, be witness! When I have sounded out my father, about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if he is well disposed toward David, shall I not then send and disclose it to you?

1 Samuel 14:45

Then the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As the Lord lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day.” So the people ransomed Jonathan, so that he did not die.

Joshua 22:29

Far be it from us that we should rebel against the Lord and turn away this day from following the Lord by building an altar for burnt offering, grain offering, or sacrifice, other than the altar of the Lord our God that stands before his tabernacle!”

Genesis 44:7

They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

John 15:15

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

Luke 20:16

He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!”

Isaiah 50:5

The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not backward.

Psalm 40:6

In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.

Joshua 24:16

Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods,

1 Samuel 20:1

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”

1 Samuel 20:3

But David vowed again, saying, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”

Proverbs 29:24

The partner of a thief hates his own life; he hears the curse, but discloses nothing.