1 Samuel 20:21

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then I will send a servant and say, “Go and find the arrows! ” Now, if I expressly say to the servant, “Look, the arrows are on this side of you #– #get them,” then come, because as the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no problem.

Cross References

Amos 8:14

Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As your god lives, Dan,’ or, ‘As the way  , of Beer-sheba lives’   – they will fall, never to rise again.

Jeremiah 12:16

If they will diligently learn the ways of my people   #– #to swear by my name, “As the Lord lives,” just as they taught my people to swear by Baal #– #they will be built up among my people.

Jeremiah 5:2

When they say, ‘As the  Lord  lives,’ they are swearing falsely.

Jeremiah 4:2

then you can swear, ‘As the  Lord  lives,’ in truth,  justice, and righteousness, and then the nations will be blessed  by him and will boast in him.

1 Samuel 20:20

I will shoot three arrows beside it as if I’m aiming at a target.

1 Samuel 20:22

But if I say this to the youth, “Look, the arrows are beyond you! ”  then go, for the Lord is sending you away.

1 Samuel 20:36

He said to the servant, ‘Run and find the arrows I’m shooting.’  As the servant ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.