1 Samuel 20:2

Modern English Version

And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small that he does not reveal to me. Why would my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”

Cross References

Genesis 44:7

They said to him, “Why does my lord say these words? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing.

Psalm 40:6

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; my ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

Proverbs 29:24

He who is a partner with a thief hates his own soul; he vows to tell the truth, but discloses nothing.

Isaiah 50:5

The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn back.

Luke 20:16

He will come and kill these vinedressers and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “May it not be so!”

John 15:15

I no longer call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I have heard from My Father have I made known to you.

John 17:8

For I have given them the words which You gave Me. They have received them and certainly know that I came from You, and they have believed that You sent Me.

Joshua 22:29

“God forbid that we should rebel against the Lord by turning from following the Lord today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, and sacrifices other than the altar of the Lord God that stands before His tabernacle!”

Joshua 24:16

Then the people answered, “God forbid that we forsake the Lord and serve other gods!

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 20:1

David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my offense? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”

1 Samuel 20:12

Then Jonathan said to David, “The Lord God of Israel is witness. When I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow, or by the third day, and behold, if he is favorable toward David, then will I not send and reveal it to you?

1 Samuel 20:3

David vowed again and said, “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight. And he says, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be distressed.’ However, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”

1 Samuel 9:15

Now the Lord had revealed in the ear of Samuel one day before Saul came, saying,