1 Samuel 20:24

English Standard Version 2016

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 the Lord than sacrifice.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 15:17

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

Proverbs 4:17

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

John 18:28

Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor’s headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.

Zechariah 7:6

And when you eat and when you drink, do you 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 evil intent.

1 Samuel 20:5

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

1 Samuel 20:23

And as for the matter of which you and I have spoken, behold, the Lord is between you and me forever.”

1 Samuel 20:25

The king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall. Jonathan sat opposite, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.