1 Samuel 20:13
But if my father plans to do you harm, then may the Lord punish me very severely, if I don't let you know by sending you a message so you can get away safely. May the Lord be with you, just as he was with my father.
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14While I live, please show me trustworthy love like that of the Lord so I don't die,
Cross References
Ruth 1:17Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me harshly if I let anything but death separate us!”
1 Samuel 10:7After these signs have happened, do what you need to do, for God is with you.
1 Samuel 14:47After Saul had made his hold over Israel secure, he fought against all his enemies all around: Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Whatever direction he went he defeated them all.
1 Samuel 18:12Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with David, but he had given up on Saul.
2 Samuel 3:35Then people came to David and tried to persuade him to have something to eat during the day. But David swore an oath, saying, “May God punish me severely if I eat bread or anything else before sunset!”
2 Samuel 19:13Tell Amasa, ‘Aren't you my flesh and blood too? May God punish me very severely if from now on you're not the commander of my army instead of Joab!’”
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 20:10-24
Jonathan's Covenant with David. ( b. c. 1058.) 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? 11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 12 And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow… Read the whole commentary →