1 Samuel 20:17
And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
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- Proverbs 18:24 He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
- 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.
- 1 Samuel 18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.