1 Samuel 20:24

Good News Translation

So David hid in the fields. At the New Moon Festival, King Saul came to the meal

Cross References

Proverbs 15:17

Better to eat vegetables with people you love than to eat the finest meat where there is hate.

Proverbs 17:1

Better to eat a dry crust of bread with peace of mind than have a banquet in a house full of trouble.

Proverbs 21:27

The Lord hates it when wicked people offer him sacrifices, especially if they do it from evil motives.

Proverbs 21:3

Do what is right and fair; that pleases the Lord more than bringing him sacrifices.

Proverbs 4:17

Wickedness and violence are like food and drink to them.

Zechariah 7:6

And when they ate and drank, it was for their own satisfaction.”

John 18:28

Early in the morning Jesus was taken from Caiaphas' house to the governor's palace. The Jewish authorities did not go inside the palace, for they wanted to keep themselves ritually clean, in order to be able to eat the Passover meal.

1 Samuel 20:23

As for the promise we have made to each other, the Lord will make sure that we will keep it forever.”

1 Samuel 20:25

and sat in his usual place by the wall. Abner sat next to him, and Jonathan sat across the table from him. David's place was empty,

1 Samuel 20:5

“Tomorrow is the New Moon Festival,” David replied, “and I am supposed to eat with the king. But if it's all right with you, I will go and hide in the fields until the evening of the day after tomorrow.