1 Samuel 20:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

So Jonathan made this agreement with David and his family, and he asked the Lord to hold them responsible for keeping it.

Cross References

1 Samuel 25:22

I swear, I won’t let even one man in Nabal’s family live until tomorrow morning.”

1 Samuel 18:3

Jonathan loved David as much as himself, so they made a special agreement.

2 Samuel 21:8

David gave them Armoni and Mephibosheth. These were the sons of Saul and Rizpah. Saul also had a daughter named Merab who was married to Adriel son of Barzillai, from Meholah. David took the five sons of Merab and Adriel.

1 Samuel 31:2

The Philistines fought hard against Saul and his sons. They killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki Shua.

Genesis 15:18

So on that day the Lord made a promise and an agreement with Abram. He said, “I will give this land to your descendants. I will give them the land between the River of Egypt and the great river Euphrates.

Deuteronomy 23:21

“When you make a promise to the Lord your God, don’t be slow to pay everything you promised. The Lord your God will demand that you pay it. You will sin if you don’t pay what you promised.

1 Samuel 20:42

Then Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace. We have taken an oath in the Lord’s name to be friends forever. We have asked the Lord to be a witness between us and our descendants forever.”

1 Samuel 22:8

No, but all of you are plotting against me. None of you told me about my son Jonathan and the agreement he made with the son of Jesse. None of you cares enough about me to tell me that my own son Jonathan encouraged David to turn against me and attack me. And that is what David is doing now.”

Jeremiah 40:9

Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, made an oath to make the soldiers and their men feel more secure. This is what he said: “You soldiers, don’t be afraid to serve the Babylonian people. Settle down in the land and serve the king of Babylon. If you do this, things will go well for you.

Joshua 22:23

Do you think we built our own altar because we want to turn away from the Lord? Do you think we built another altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, and fellowship offerings? If that is why we built this altar, we ask the Lord himself to punish us.

1 Samuel 23:18

Jonathan and David both made an agreement before the Lord. Then Jonathan went home, and David stayed at Horesh.

1 Samuel 25:26

The Lord has kept you from killing innocent people. As surely as the Lord lives and you as well, may your enemies and anyone else who wants to harm you be as cursed as Nabal is.