1 Samuel 20:8

Good News Translation

Please do me this favor, and keep the sacred promise you made to me. But if I'm guilty, kill me yourself! Why take me to your father to be killed?”

Cross References

Genesis 24:49

Now, if you intend to fulfill your responsibility toward my master and treat him fairly, please tell me; if not, say so, and I will decide what to do.”

Genesis 47:29

When the time drew near for him to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “Place your hand between my thighs and make a solemn vow that you will not bury me in Egypt.

2 Samuel 14:32

Absalom answered, “Because you wouldn't come when I sent for you. I wanted you to go to the king and ask for me: ‘Why did I leave Geshur and come here? It would have been better for me to have stayed there.’” And Absalom went on, “I want you to arrange for me to see the king, and if I'm guilty, then let him put me to death.”

1 Chronicles 12:17

David went to meet them and said, “If you are coming as friends to help me, you are welcome here. Join us! But if you intend to betray me to my enemies, even though I have not tried to hurt you, the God of our ancestors will know it and punish you.”

Psalm 116:11

even when I was afraid and said, “No one can be trusted.”

Proverbs 3:3

Never let go of loyalty and faithfulness. Tie them around your neck; write them on your heart.

Acts 25:11

If I have broken the law and done something for which I deserve the death penalty, I do not ask to escape it. But if there is no truth in the charges they bring against me, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to the Emperor.”

Joshua 2:14

The men said to her, “May God take our lives if we don't do as we say! If you do not tell anyone what we have been doing, we promise you that when the Lord gives us this land, we will treat you well.”

Joshua 22:22

“The Mighty One is God! He is the Lord! The Mighty One is God! He is the Lord! He knows why we did this, and we want you to know too! If we rebelled and did not keep faith with the Lord, do not let us live any longer!

Ruth 1:8

she said to them, “Go back home and stay with your mothers. May the Lord be as good to you as you have been to me and to those who have died.

1 Samuel 18:1

Saul and David finished their conversation. After that, Saul's son Jonathan was deeply attracted to David and came to love him as much as he loved himself.

1 Samuel 18:3

Jonathan swore eternal friendship with David because of his deep affection for him.

1 Samuel 20:16

may our promise to each other still be unbroken. If it is broken, the Lord will punish you.”

1 Samuel 20:9

“Don't even think such a thing!” Jonathan answered. “If I knew for sure that my father was determined to harm you, wouldn't I tell you?”

1 Samuel 23:18

The two of them made a sacred promise of friendship to each other. David stayed at Horesh, and Jonathan went home.