1 Samuel 20:3

Modern King James Version

And David swore again and said, Your father certainly knows that I have found grace in your eyes. And he said, Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be full of sorrow. But truly as Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, only a step is between me and death.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:21

And Ittai answered the king and said, As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in whatever place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will your servant be.

2 Kings 2:2

And Elijah said to Elisha, Please stay here, for Jehovah has sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said, As Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 2:4

And Elijah said to him, Elisha, please stay here. For Jehovah has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho.

2 Kings 2:6

And Elijah said to him, Please stay here, for Jehovah has sent me to Jordan. And he said, As Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And the two of them went on.

Psalm 116:3

The sorrows of death hemmed me in, and the pains of hell took hold on me; I found trouble and sorrow.

Jeremiah 38:16

Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, nor will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.

Jeremiah 4:2

And you shall swear, Jehovah lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in Him, and in Him they shall glory.

Deuteronomy 28:66

And your life shall hang in doubt before you, and you shall fear day and night, and shall have no assurance of your life.

Deuteronomy 6:13

You shall fear Jehovah your God and serve Him, and shall swear by His name.

Hebrews 6:16

For men truly swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

1 Samuel 1:26

And she said, O, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to Jehovah.

1 Samuel 17:55

And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I cannot tell.

1 Samuel 20:2

And he said to him, Far be it. You shall not die! Behold, my father will do nothing either great or small that he will not show to me. And why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.

1 Samuel 20:4

And Jonathan said to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will even do for you.

1 Samuel 25:26

And now, my lord, as Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, since Jehovah has withheld you from coming to shed blood, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies, and those that seek to do evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

1 Samuel 27:1

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. Nothing is better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines. And Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any border of Israel, and so I shall escape out of his hand.