1 Samuel 20:17
"And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul."
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- Proverbs 18:24
"A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 18:3
"Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 18:1
"And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 1:26
"I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 13:6
"If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;"
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