Cross references

1 Samuel 18:1

After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

1 Samuel 18:1 BSB

1 Samuel 18:1 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 18:24 (14 votes) and 1 Samuel 20:17 (13 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 34 to Titus 1.

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Which verses does 1 Samuel 18:1 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

  2. And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

  3. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

  4. I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.

  5. that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,

  6. So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,

  7. If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,

  8. so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.

  9. So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.

  10. And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”

Which verses point to 1 Samuel 18:1?

The 10 strongest of 17.