1 Samuel 18:1

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After David finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan became great friends with David. He loved David as he loved himself.

Cross References

Genesis 44:30

So if the boy isn't with us when I go back to my father, whose life depends on the life of the boy,

2 Samuel 1:26

I weep so much for you, my brother Jonathan! You were so very dear to me! Your love for me was so wonderful, greater than the love women have!

1 Chronicles 12:17

David went out to meet them and told them, “If you've come in peace to help me, we can be friends. But if you've come to betray me to my enemies, even though I've done no wrong, then may the God of our fathers see what you're doing and condemn you.”

Psalm 86:11

Lord, please teach me your way, so I can depend on your trustworthiness. Make me single-minded, so I can consistently honor the kind of person you are.

Proverbs 18:24

Some friends give up on you, but there's a friend who stays closer to you than a brother.

Deuteronomy 13:6

Even if your own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your best friend secretly encourages you, saying, “Let's go and worship other gods” unfamiliar to you and your forefathers,

Colossians 2:2

so that you may be encouraged. May you be bound together in love, experiencing the great benefit of being completely sure in your understanding, for this is what the true knowledge of God brings. May you know the revealed mystery of God, which is Christ!

Judges 20:11

All the men of Israel were in agreement and gathered to attack the town.

1 Samuel 14:45

But the people told Saul, “Does Jonathan have to die, the one who achieved this great victory in Israel? Absolutely not! We swear on the life of the Lord, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground, for it was with God's help that he achieved this today.” The people saved Jonathan, and he didn't die.

1 Samuel 18:3

Jonathan made a solemn agreement with David because he loved him as he loved himself.

1 Samuel 19:1

Then Saul instructed his son Jonathan and all his officials to kill David. But Jonathan really liked David,

1 Samuel 19:2

so he warned him, “My father Saul is trying to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning—find a place to hide and stay hidden.

1 Samuel 20:17

Jonathan made David swear this once more by making an oath based on David's love for him, for Jonathan already loved David as he loved himself.

1 Samuel 20:8

So please treat me well, as you promised when you made an agreement with me before the Lord. If I've done wrong, then kill me yourself! Why take me to your father for him to do it?”

1 Samuel 22:8

Is that why you've all plotted against me? Not a single one of you told me that my own son had made an agreement with Jesse's son. Not a single one of you has shown you cared about me, or explained to me that my son has encouraged him to try and kill me, which is what he's doing right now!”

1 Samuel 23:18

The two of them made an agreement before the Lord. David stayed in Horesh and Jonathan went home.