1 Samuel 21:2

Plain English Version

David told a lie. He said, “Saul sent me to do a secret job for him. I can’t tell you about it. I told my soldiers to go ahead of me, and to meet me at another place.

Cross References

Genesis 27:20

But Isaac said, “My son, how did you get that wild animal so quickly?” Jacob lied again and said, “God, the one that looks after you, he let me find that wild animal really quickly.”

Genesis 27:24

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Are you really my son Esau?” And Jacob lied and said, “Yes, I am.”

Galatians 2:12

You see, it was like this. Peter is a Jewish man, and at first he was friends with the Christians at Antioch that were not Jews. He even broke the Jewish rules and ate food with them. But then James sent some other Jewish men to Antioch, and after they got there, Peter changed. Those new men reckoned that every Christian has to become a Jew, and Peter was frightened of them. He went back to following the Jewish rules and stopped eating food with those people that were not Jews. All the other Jewish Christians at Antioch were frightened too, and they did the same as Peter, even though they knew it was wrong. And Barnabas did that too. He stopped eating food with people that are not Jews.

Colossians 3:9

Don’t lie to each other. You see, you believed in Jesus, and you stopped living that old way. You stopped doing bad things.

1 Samuel 21:3

Do you have any food? I need some. Maybe 5 loaves of bread? Or maybe some other kind of food?”

1 Samuel 22:9

That man Doeg, from Edom, he went back and told Saul, “I saw David at Nob. He went to see that old man Ahimelek, Ahitub’s son.