1 Samuel 20:2

New Century Version

Jonathan answered, “No! You won’t die! See, my father doesn’t do anything great or small without first telling me. Why would he keep this from me? It’s not true!”

Cross References

Genesis 44:7

But the brothers said to the servant, “Why do you say these things? We would not do anything like that!

Psalm 40:6

You do not want sacrifices and offerings. But you have made a hole in my ear to show that my body and life are yours. You do not ask for burnt offerings and sacrifices to take away sins.

Proverbs 29:24

Partners of thieves are their own worst enemies. If they have to testify in court, they are afraid to say anything.

Isaiah 50:5

The Lord God helps me learn, and I have not turned against him nor stopped following him.

Luke 20:16

He will come and kill those farmers and will give the vineyard to other farmers.” When the people heard this story, they said, “Let this never happen!”

John 15:15

I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing. But I call you friends, because I have made known to you everything I heard from my Father.

John 17:8

I gave them the teachings you gave me, and they accepted them. They knew that I truly came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

Joshua 22:29

“Truly, we don’t want to be against the Lord or to stop following him by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices. We know the only true altar to the Lord our God is in front of the Holy Tent.”

Joshua 24:16

Then the people answered, “We will never stop following the Lord to serve other gods!

1 Samuel 14:45

But the soldiers said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die? Never! He is responsible for saving Israel today! As surely as the Lord lives, not even a hair of his head will fall to the ground! Today Jonathan fought against the Philistines with God’s help!” So the army saved Jonathan, and he did not die.

1 Samuel 20:1

Then David ran away from Naioth in Ramah. He went to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my crime? How did I sin against your father? Why is he trying to kill me?”

1 Samuel 20:12

Jonathan said to David, “I promise this before the Lord, the God of Israel: At this same time the day after tomorrow, I will find out how my father feels. If he feels good toward you, I will send word to you and let you know.

1 Samuel 20:3

But David took an oath, saying, “Your father knows very well that you like me. He says to himself, ‘Jonathan must not know about it, or he will tell David.’ As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I am only a step away from death!”

1 Samuel 9:15

The day before Saul came, the Lord had told Samuel: