1 Samuel 20:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.”
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“So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat food.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And David is hidden in the field, and it is the new moon, and the king sitteth down by the food to eat,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 20:24 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 50:16To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
- Proverbs 4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
- Proverbs 15:17Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
- Proverbs 17:1Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
- Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
- Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!
- Isaiah 1:11“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
- Zechariah 7:6And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?
- John 18:28Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
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