Scripture · Old Testament
1 Samuel 20:32
1 Samuel 20:32 is verse 32 of 1 Samuel chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”
King James Version
And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
World English Bible
Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”
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1 Samuel 20:30–34 · Berean Standard Bible
30 Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?
31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingship shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”
32 “Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”
33 Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
34 Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Samuel 19:5He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
Proverbs 24:11Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
Proverbs 24:12If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
Proverbs 31:8Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
Proverbs 31:9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
John 7:51“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
Matthew 27:23“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”
Luke 23:22A third time he said to them, “What evil has this man done? I have found in Him no offense worthy of death. So after I punish Him, I will release Him.”
1 Samuel 18:11and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.
1 Samuel 19:10Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night.
1 Samuel 19:11Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
Proverbs 22:24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
1 Samuel 20:7If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.