Lessons from 1 Samuel 13

1. Avoid bad friends and relatives like Jonadab,who may corrupt you.(vs 3-6). See also 1 Corinthians 15:33;Proverbs 13:2o.

2. Parents should monitor their children well. David shouldn't have sent Tamar to  Amnon(vs 7). After all , he had servants (and even his mother) to cook for him.

3. Don't enter a man's room or be alone with  him unless you are his wife (vs 9,1o).

4. If a situation becomes charged, flee. Tamar was overpowered while preaching to Amnon (vs 12-14). In contrast, Joseph escaped Mrs Potiphar's seduction by fleeing(Genesis 39:11-12). See also 1 Corinthians 6:18 and 2  Timothy 2:22.

5. Keep yourself pure. Like Amnon, many men later reject girls they had used (vs 15-19).