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October 26, 2026 - 1 Samuel 20 & Proverbs 20:21-30 · Lamp and Light Bible Reading Plan

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Lamp and Light Bible Reading Plan, where we are seeking to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength, with God's word lighting the way.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Tyler Sanborn, Student Ministry Director at Compass Bible Church South Valley.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today is Monday, October 26th, 2026.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's a quick summary of 1 Samuel 20.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, as we see an odd and peculiar end to the previous chapter, Saul is still angry, still full of hatred, and has a murderous mind about him to kill David.
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  SPEAKER_00: And even though he was prophesying, even though he his attempts to uh kill David in the previous chapter, his heart of anger towards him is still very much present.
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  SPEAKER_00: And guess who is caught in between this animosity between King Saul and David?
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  SPEAKER_00: It's Jonathan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jonathan is caught up in the middle.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what side are we going to see him choose?
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  SPEAKER_00: Is he going to choose family loyalty, or is he going to choose his a covenant friendship with his dearest friend David?
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  SPEAKER_00: And and we'll see in this chapter that a test of faith and trust in one another leaves Jonathan picking to be loyal and faithful to his friend David and not join in with his father in plotting uh to take him out.
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  SPEAKER_00: So in the the second half of this chapter, we're going to see a test where Jonathan is going to shoot some shoot some arrows out.
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  SPEAKER_00: David is going to be hiding.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it turns out that, in fact, Saul is still angry with David, and this meal that Jonathan and David were supposed to attend at the beginning of the month.
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  SPEAKER_00: David is not there.
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  SPEAKER_00: So this is how this friendship is just continuing to grow between Jonathan and David.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a great trust and a love for one another.
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  SPEAKER_00: They love each other like they would love themselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's a very deep and strong friendship built on a love for the Lord and a trust and a faithfulness to one another.
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  SPEAKER_00: Listen intently to God's written word.
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  SPEAKER_00: Proverbs twenty verses twenty-one through thirty.
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  SPEAKER_00: An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
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  SPEAKER_00: Do not say, I will repay evil.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
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  SPEAKER_00: A man's steps are from the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: How then can man understand his way?
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  SPEAKER_00: It is a snare to say rashly, It is holy, and to reflect only after making vows.
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  SPEAKER_00: A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them.
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  SPEAKER_00: The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.
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  SPEAKER_00: Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.
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  SPEAKER_00: The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their grey hair.
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  SPEAKER_00: Blows that wound cleanse away evil.
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  SPEAKER_00: Strokes make clean the innermost parts.
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  SPEAKER_00: The pressure is building, and the end is drawing nearer and nearer for King Saul.
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  SPEAKER_00: His son Jonathan, whom we see in this chapter, uh, is told everything.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's not anything that comes into the action steps of King Saul that isn't first disclosed to Jonathan.
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  SPEAKER_00: So they have a unique relationship where father and son are on the same page.
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  SPEAKER_00: They they have a one mind about them where if something's going to happen, first it's told to Jonathan.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in this chapter, David is describing his nearness to death, only a step between me and death, says David in verse three.
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  SPEAKER_00: And David isn't taking any chances either, because he's not going to assume he understands where King Saul's heart is.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the previous chapter, as I noted in the summary, he was prophesying, even though he was attempting to kill David and take his life, he ends up prophesying at the end of chapter 19.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in this chapter 20, we see King Saul hurling a spear towards his son Jonathan when asked, What wrong has this man done to you?
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  SPEAKER_00: What what fault is in him?
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  SPEAKER_00: Why should he be put to death?
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  SPEAKER_00: What has he done?
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  SPEAKER_00: And in verse 33, a father is launching a deadly weapon at his son.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the friendship is put to the test, and we see a faithful friend in Jonathan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jonathan sides with David, is not participating in any kind of plot or any kind of gain that he would get in helping his father kill his friend.
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  SPEAKER_00: And surely this must be a painful situation.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're not sure exactly the extent of the friendship or the father-son relationship between King Saul and Jonathan, but we do see this friendship growing and blossoming between Jonathan and David.
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  SPEAKER_00: They are making vows to one another, and David is going to make a promise to Jonathan that he will be faithful, and he is going to look after Jonathan and his house forever.
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  SPEAKER_00: We see that in verse 15.
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  SPEAKER_00: And at the end of this chapter, we see them crying together.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they they go in peace, they split up and go their separate ways.
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  SPEAKER_00: David still on the run and hiding a fugitive, running away as to not be seized and arrested and killed by King Saul.
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  SPEAKER_00: In our wisdom section today, I want to zoom in on a couple verses here.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the word winnows comes to into play in verse 26.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as we look back to the beginning of chapter 20 in the Proverbs, we see winnows also in verse 8.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there's a similar thread and a similar theme here.
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  SPEAKER_00: And a winnowing is uh when uh a tool with kind of a pitchforky uh shape would be used to scoop up and toss uh chaff and grain kernels alike up into the air, uh typically on the top of a hill or where there would be a strong breeze, and the the light material, the chaff, the straw, the husks of the kernels will be blown away with the wind, and the heavier, more dense, desirable products uh of the harvest, the kernels of grain would fall down.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we see in verse eight, a king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in verse 26, a wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them.
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  SPEAKER_00: So there's a separation language, there's this division or a judgment language, as we see here, and that's what uh King Jesus will do one day.
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  SPEAKER_00: He is going to uh return for his bride, he will separate the the goat, the goats from the sheep, uh the sheep from the goats, and his prized possession, the church that he spilled his blood for, will be his and secure with him forevermore.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the wise king is not going to interblend, uh, intermix and mingle the the wicked and the righteous.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's going to separate them.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's going to be judgments for the wicked, there's going to be blessings and life everlasting for the righteous, those who are his.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's no evil that can escape the eyes of God, the king of kings, and there is no one who can escape the judgment ahead.
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  SPEAKER_00: So no sin will go unpunished, and no wickedness will be unaddressed.
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  SPEAKER_00: One day there will be perfect justice executed.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in our section today, we'll just scroll our eyes up a little further to verse 22 where we see, do not say, I will repay evil.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in the New Testament, we'll see in First Peter and in a handful of other places, we don't repay evil for evil.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's no reviling, there's no, there's no uh retaliation because vengeance is the Lord's.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's his role, his job to execute justice, to pay the wages of sin.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's in first Peter 3 9, we see do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for this you were called that you may obtain a blessing.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Romans chapter 12, also we see, repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to what is honorable in sight of all.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's uh an onus and a responsibility to live peaceably with with all, and not to avenge, leave that up to the wrath of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vengeance is mine, says the Lord, in verse 19.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will repay.
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  SPEAKER_00: So there's a charge here that God would have us to treat our enemies, treat those who would seek to do evil or wickedness to us, treat them with hospitality, treat them with kindness, with gentleness, and with love.
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  SPEAKER_00: That this would heap burning coals onto their heads to cause them to think, why is this person uh giving me such good treatment when I am treating them so poorly?
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  SPEAKER_00: It's going to draw our the attention to Christ and his suffering and his uh lack of retaliation.
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  SPEAKER_00: He endured the cross, the the scorn, the shame, the the wickedness poured out onto him by by evil men uh sinning against their savior.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is not an easy task.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not an easy task at all, because when evil is done to us, we feel the need at times to um enact justice within ourselves, within our uh abilities or our means.
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  SPEAKER_00: We want to we want to play the judge when that role isn't for us, that's for for God to to handle.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh a reminder for us to to to suffer well, to not just roll over when evil comes our way.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's there's an onus to to defend ourselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're not just gonna go go looking for suffering, go looking for trouble in order that we would endure it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, but vengeance is the Lord's, he will repay.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wait, uh pray and seek the Lord and his deliverance in whatever situation you may find yourself in.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, thanks so much for joining us today on the Lamp and Light Bible Reading Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: For more information about Compass Bible Church South Valley, visit compass bible sv.org.
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  SPEAKER_00: Keep reading, keep growing.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's word is a lamp to your feet and a light to your path.