1 Samuel 19:4

Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.

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KJV

And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

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YLT

And Jonathan speaketh good of David unto Saul his father, and saith unto him, `Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works for thee are very good;

DBT

And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against thee; for also what he did was very advantageous to thee;

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Therefore Jonathan spoke good of David to his father Saul, etc. The apostles spoke good of Christ to the Jews, recalling him as a man approved by God among them in the powers and signs and wonders which God had done through him in their …

Bede· Commentary on Samuel, 735patristic

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And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

Jonathan spake good of David - It is evident that Jonathan was satisfied that David was an innocent man; and that his father was most unjustly incensed against him.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

As he was still susceptible of good and honest impressions, he bound himself by an oath to relinquish his hostile purpose; and thus, through the intervention of the noble-minded prince, a temporary reconciliation was effected, in consequence of which David was again employed in the public service.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

In that and other instances it appeared that David was a favourite of heaven and a friend to Israel, as well as a good servant to Saul, for by him the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel; so that to order him to be slain was not only base ingratitude to so good a servant, but a great affront to God and a great injury to the public. [2.] He pleads his innocency.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Proverbs 18:24
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
Genesis 42:22
And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”
Proverbs 31:8–9
Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
Proverbs 17:13
If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
1 Samuel 20:32
“Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”
Psalms 38:20
Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
Psalms 109:4–5
In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
Psalms 35:12
They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
1 Samuel 22:14
Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard who is honored in your house?
1 John 3:12
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
Psalms 7:4
if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,

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David Escapes through a Window — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866) — public domain

1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 17:13
If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
leads to
- Psalms 109:4–13
  In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
- 1 Peter 3:9
  Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
- Romans 12:17
  Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
- Psalms 55:12–15
  For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
- Psalms 38:20
  Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
Through
Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
leads to
- Psalms 35:7
  For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- Psalms 57:6
  They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
Through
1 Samuel 20:32
“Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”
leads to
- Matthew 27:23
  “Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”

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