Contemplative Bible Reading

1 Samuel 19:4  (New Living Translation)

The next morning Jonathan spoke with his father about David, saying many good things about him. “The king must not sin against his servant David,” Jonathan said. “He’s never done anything to harm you. He has always helped you in any way he could.

I find this to be an interesting choice of words:

The king must not sin against his servant David

Jonathon doesn’t say “murder” or “hate” or some other thing that he knew his father Saul was was doing against David. This translation uses “sin.”

Ouch, sin is serious, sin is religious. Murder is just plain old stuff that people do without regard to a God or a spiritual world of any type.

How often do I sin against another person? How often do I consider my attitude towards another person as sin?