1 Samuel 20:21

A Conservative Version

And, behold, I will send the lad, [saying], Go, find the arrows. If I say to the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them, and come, for there is peace to thee and no hurt, as LORD lives.

Cross References

Amos 8:14

Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As thy god, O Dan, lives, and, As the way of Beersheba lives, they shall fall, and never rise up again.

Jeremiah 12:16

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As LORD lives, even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

Jeremiah 5:2

And though they say, As LORD lives, surely they swear falsely.

Jeremiah 4:2

And thou shall swear, As LORD lives, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. And the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him they shall glory.

1 Samuel 20:20

And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.

1 Samuel 20:22

But if I say thus to the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee, go thy way, for LORD has sent thee away.

1 Samuel 20:36

And he said to his lad, Run, now find the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.