1 Samuel 20:8
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8 Show me this loyalty as my sworn friend—for we made a solemn pact before the Lord—or kill me yourself if I have sinned against your father. But please don’t betray me to him!”
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2 Samuel 14:32
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32 And Absalom replied, “Because I wanted you to ask the king why he brought me back from Geshur if he didn’t intend to see me. I might as well have stayed there. Let me see the king; if he finds me guilty of anything, then let him kill me.”
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1 Samuel 18:3
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3 And Jonathan made a solemn pact with David, because he loved him as he loved himself.
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1 Samuel 23:18
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18 So the two of them renewed their solemn pact before the Lord. Then Jonathan returned home, while David stayed at Horesh.
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1 Samuel 20:16
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16 So Jonathan made a solemn pact with David,[a] saying, “May the Lord destroy all your enemies!”
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- 20:16 Hebrew with the house of David.
Acts 25:11
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11 If I have done something worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die. But if I am innocent, no one has a right to turn me over to these men to kill me. I appeal to Caesar!”
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Proverbs 3:3
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3 Never let loyalty and kindness leave you!
Tie them around your neck as a reminder.
Write them deep within your heart.
Psalm 116:11
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11 In my anxiety I cried out to you,
“These people are all liars!”
Psalm 7:4-5
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4 if I have betrayed a friend
or plundered my enemy without cause,
5 then let my enemies capture me.
Let them trample me into the ground
and drag my honor in the dust. Interlude
1 Chronicles 12:17
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17 David went out to meet them and said, “If you have come in peace to help me, we are friends. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when I am innocent, then may the God of our ancestors see it and punish you.”
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Ruth 1:8
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8 But on the way, Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back to your mothers’ homes. And may the Lord reward you for your kindness to your husbands and to me.
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Joshua 22:22
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22 “The Lord, the Mighty One, is God! The Lord, the Mighty One, is God! He knows the truth, and may Israel know it, too! We have not built the altar in treacherous rebellion against the Lord. If we have done so, do not spare our lives this day.
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Joshua 2:14
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14 “We offer our own lives as a guarantee for your safety,” the men agreed. “If you don’t betray us, we will keep our promise and be kind to you when the Lord gives us the land.”
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Genesis 47:29
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29 As the time of his death drew near, Jacob[a] called for his son Joseph and said to him, “Please do me this favor. Put your hand under my thigh and swear that you will treat me with unfailing love by honoring this last request: Do not bury me in Egypt.
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Genesis 24:49
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49 So tell me—will you or won’t you show unfailing love and faithfulness to my master? Please tell me yes or no, and then I’ll know what to do next.”
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