Quotes About Communication

And the servants told Saul what David had said.

I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, so I can ask about you. And if I find out anything, I will tell you.”

So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.

When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.

“Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”

If he says, ëGood,í then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.

“Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”

Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

“Come,” he replied, “let us go out to the field.” So the two of them went out into the field,

and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?

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.

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.”

“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.

“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.

and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ëLook, David intends to harm youí?