1 Samuel 18:1

The Friendship Of David And Jonathan

¹ Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself. ² And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father's house.

Loved Him as His Own Soul

Loved Him As Himself

David

Jonathan

Saul

2 Samuel 1:26

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant hast thou been unto me; thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

Genesis 44:30

Now therefore when I come to thy slave my father, and the lad is not with us, seeing that his soul is bound up in the lad's soul,

Deuteronomy 13:6

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son or thy daughter or the wife of thy bosom or thy friend who is as thine own soul should entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou nor thy fathers have known,

1 Samuel 20:17

And Jonathan swore unto David again because he loved him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

1 Samuel 19:2

But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David, and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul, my father, seeks to kill thee: now, therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning and abide in a secret place and hide thyself.

Judges 20:11

So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

1 Samuel 14:1-14

Now it came to pass upon a day that Jonathan, the son of Saul, said unto the young man that bore his armour, Come and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison that is on the other side. But he did not tell his father.

1 Samuel 14:45

Then the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has wrought this great saving health in Israel? No, in no wise: as the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan that he did not die.

1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul.

1 Chronicles 12:17

And David went out to meet them and answered and said unto them, If you are come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if you are come to betray me to my enemies, seeing there is no violence in my hands, let the God of our fathers look thereon and rebuke it.

Psalm 86:11

Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth; firm up my heart that I might fear thy name.

Proverbs 18:24

The man that has friends must show himself to be a friend, and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.

Colossians 2:2

that their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in charity and in all the riches of the fulfilled understanding to know the mystery of the God and Father and of the Christ;