1 Samuel 20:24

New Century Version

So David hid in the field. When the New Moon festival came, the king sat down to eat.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:17

It is better to eat vegetables with those who love you than to eat meat with those who hate you.

Proverbs 17:1

It is better to eat a dry crust of bread in peace than to have a feast where there is quarreling.

Proverbs 21:27

The Lord hates sacrifices brought by evil people, particularly when they offer them for the wrong reasons.

Proverbs 21:3

Doing what is right and fair is more important to the Lord than sacrifices.

Proverbs 4:17

They feast on wickedness and cruelty as if they were eating bread and drinking wine.

Zechariah 7:6

And when you ate and drank, it was really for yourselves.

John 18:28

Early in the morning they led Jesus from Caiaphas’s house to the Roman governor’s palace. They would not go inside the palace, because they did not want to make themselves unclean; they wanted to eat the Passover meal.

1 Samuel 20:23

Remember what we talked about. The Lord is a witness between you and me forever.”

1 Samuel 20:25

He sat where he always sat, near the wall. Jonathan sat across from him, and Abner sat next to Saul, but David’s place was empty.

1 Samuel 20:5

So David said, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon festival. I am supposed to eat with the king, but let me hide in the field until the third evening.