Quotes about Trust
“Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
— 1 Samuel 20:9
Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
— 1 Samuel 20:10
“Come,” he replied, “let us go out to the field.” So the two of them went out into the field,
— 1 Samuel 20:11
But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.
— 1 Samuel 20:13
And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,
— 1 Samuel 20:14
and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
— 1 Samuel 20:15
And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
— 1 Samuel 20:17
When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
— 1 Samuel 20:19
Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.
— 1 Samuel 20:21
But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.
— 1 Samuel 20:22
And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”
— 1 Samuel 20:23
He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
— 1 Samuel 20:25