1 Samuel 20:21

God's Word

Then I will send out a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ Now, if I tell the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are next to you; get them,’ then come ⌞back with me⌟. You will be safe, and there will be no trouble. I swear it, as the Lord lives.

Cross References

Jeremiah 12:16

Suppose they learn carefully the ways of my people. Suppose they take an oath in my name, ‘As the Lord lives …’ as they taught my people to take an oath in ⌞the name of⌟ Baal. Then they will build homes among my people.

Jeremiah 4:2

if you take the oath, ‘As the Lord lives …’ in an honest, fair, and right way, then the nations will be blessed, and they will be honored by me.”

Jeremiah 5:2

People say, “As the Lord lives …” Yet, they lie when they take this oath.

Amos 8:14

⌞How horrible it will be for⌟ those who swear by Ashimah, the idol of Samaria, and say, “I solemnly swear, Dan, as your god lives….” “I solemnly swear as long as there is a road to Beersheba….” Those who say this will fall and never get up again.

1 Samuel 20:20

I will shoot three arrows from beside it toward a target.

1 Samuel 20:22

But if I tell the boy, ‘The arrows are next to you,’ then go, because the Lord has sent you away.

1 Samuel 20:36

“Run,” he told the boy, “please find the arrows I shoot.” The boy ran, and Jonathan shot the arrow over him.