Quotes About Trust

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold Davidís enemies accountable.”

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

Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you will be missed if your seat is empty.

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.

I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.

Then I will send a boy and say, ëGo, find the arrows!í Now, if I expressly say to him, ëLook, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,í then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.

But if I say to the young man, ëLook, the arrows are beyond you,í then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.

And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”

So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.

He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but Davidís place was empty.

Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,

In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.

He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.

When the boy reached the place where Jonathanís arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isnít the arrow beyond you?”

Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.

But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.

Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”

When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.

And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ëMay the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.í” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.

Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”

“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission or charge. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.

Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”

Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the kingís business was urgent.”

The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”