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Empty Chairs
1 Samuel 20:1
And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What
have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that
he seeketh my life? 2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die:
behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew
it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. 3 And
David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found
grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be
grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a
step between me and death. 4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul
desireth, I will even do it for thee. 5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold,
to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat:
but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that
he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for
all the family. 7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but
if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him. 8 Therefore
thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into
a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity,
slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? 9 And Jonathan
said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by
my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 10 Then said David
to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? 11
And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they
went out both of them into the field. 12 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD
God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the
third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto
thee, and shew it thee; 13 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it
please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away,
that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my
father. 14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the
LORD, that I die not: 15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my
house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every
one from the face of the earth. 16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house
of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved
him as he loved his own soul. 18 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the
new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
Romans 10:13
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.
And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And
whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
John 4:13
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst
again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never
thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life.

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