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2 Samuel 1:26
I am full of grief for you, my brother Jonathan: very dear have you been to me: your love for me was a wonder, greater than the love of women.

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1 Samuel 18:1
Now after David's talk with Saul was ended, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and David became as dear to him as his very life.

1 Samuel 18:2
And that day Saul took David and would not let him go back to his father's house.

1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan and David made an agreement together, because of Jonathan's love for David.

1 Samuel 18:4
And Jonathan took off the robe he had on and gave it to David, with all his military dress, even to his sword and his bow and the band round his body.

1 Samuel 20:41
And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.

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1 Samuel 20:17
And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.

Proverbs 18:24
There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

1 Samuel 19:2
And Jonathan said to David, Saul, my father, is purposing your death: so now, take care in the morning, and keep yourself safe in a secret place:

1 Samuel 23:16
And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;

Deuteronomy 13:6
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;

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