1 Samuel 20:1

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1 Samuel 20:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”

2 “Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”

3 But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

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1 Samuel 19:19

When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,

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he sent messengers to capture him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.

1 Samuel 19:21

When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.

1 Samuel 19:22

Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.

1 Samuel 19:23

So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

1 Samuel 19:24

Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

1 Samuel 23:26

Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.

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Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”

1 Samuel 23:28

So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.

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Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

Psalms 124:7

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

Psalms 124:8

Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

2 Peter 2:9

if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

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Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

1 Samuel 24:11

See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.

1 Samuel 24:17

and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.

Psalms 7:3

O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,

Psalms 7:4

if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,

Psalms 7:5

then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

Psalms 18:20

The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

Psalms 18:21

For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Psalms 18:22

For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.

Psalms 18:23

And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.

Psalms 18:24

So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

2 Corinthians 1:12

And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

1 John 3:21

Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,