1 Samuel 18:1

Modern English Version

When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, so that Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Cross References

Genesis 44:30

“Now therefore when I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us, as his life is bound up in the boy’s life,

2 Samuel 1:26

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; you were very dear to me; your love was more remarkable than the love of women.

1 Chronicles 12:17

So David went out before them and said to them, “If you have come in peace to help me, then I will have a heart united with yours, but if to betray me to my adversaries, when there is no violence in my hand, may the God of our fathers see, and may He decide between us.”

Psalm 86:11

Teach me Your way, O  Lord; I will walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name.

Proverbs 18:24

A man of many friends may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Deuteronomy 13:6

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or your beloved wife, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods,” which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers,

Colossians 2:2

that their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, and receive all the riches and assurance of full understanding, and knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

Judges 20:11

So all the men of Israel gathered at the city, united like one man.

1 Samuel 14:45

The people said to Saul, “Will Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? God forbid. As the Lord lives, there will not one hair of his head fall to the ground. For he has worked with God this day.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.

1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 19:1

And Saul spoke to Jonathan, his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted very much in David.

1 Samuel 19:2

Jonathan told David, saying, “My father Saul seeks to kill you. Therefore, be on guard in the morning; stay in a secret place and hide yourself.

1 Samuel 20:17

Jonathan made David swear again, because he loved him, and he loved him as he loved his own soul.

1 Samuel 20:8

Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is any guilt in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”

1 Samuel 22:8

You have all conspired against me, and no one revealed to me that my son made a covenant with the son of Jesse. And not one of you is grieved for me and revealed it to me that my son raised up my servant against me to ambush me as at this day.”

1 Samuel 23:18

The two of them made a covenant before the Lord. And David stayed in Horesh, but Jonathan went to his house.