1 Samuel 20:3

Modern English Version

David vowed again and said, “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight. And he says, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be distressed.’ However, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:21

Ittai answered the king and said, “As the Lord lives and as lives my lord the king, only in the place where my lord the king is, whether for death or for life, there alone will your servant be.”

2 Kings 2:2

Elijah said to Elisha, “Tarry here, I ask you, for the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” But Elisha said to him, “As the Lord lives, and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 2:4

Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” And he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they entered Jericho.

2 Kings 2:6

Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” And he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you live, I will not leave you.” And the two of them went on.

Psalm 116:3

The cords of death encompassed me, and the pangs of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow.

Jeremiah 38:16

So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, “As the Lord lives, who made our souls, I surely will not put you to death, nor will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.”

Jeremiah 4:2

You shall swear, “As the Lord lives,” in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; then the nations shall bless themselves in Him, and in Him they shall glory.

Deuteronomy 28:66

Your life shall hang in doubt before you. You will be in dread day and night and will have no assurance of your life.

Deuteronomy 6:13

You shall fear the Lord your God and serve Him and shall swear by His name.

Hebrews 6:16

For men indeed swear by a greater authority than themselves, and for them an oath of confirmation ends all dispute.

1 Samuel 1:26

And she said, “Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here praying to the Lord.

1 Samuel 17:55

When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Whose son is this youth, Abner?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”

1 Samuel 20:2

And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small that he does not reveal to me. Why would my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”

1 Samuel 20:4

Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you say, I will do it for you.”

1 Samuel 25:26

Now my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because the Lord has restrained you from coming in bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies, and those seeking to do evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

1 Samuel 27:1

Then David said in his heart, “Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of continually seeking me within all the territory of Israel. So will I escape out of his hand.”