1 Kings 17:12

New American Bible - revised edition

She said, “As the Lord, your God, lives, I have nothing baked; there is only a handful of flour in my jar and a little oil in my jug. Just now I was collecting a few sticks, to go in and prepare something for myself and my son; when we have eaten it, we shall die.”

Cross References

Genesis 21:15

the water in the skin was used up. So she put the child down under one of the bushes,

Genesis 21:16

and then went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away; for she said to herself, “I cannot watch the child die.” As she sat opposite him, she wept aloud.

2 Samuel 15:21

But Ittai answered the king, “As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, your servant shall be wherever my lord the king is, whether for death or for life.”

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab: “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, during these years there shall be no dew or rain except at my word.”

1 Kings 17:11

She left to get it, and he called out after her, “Please bring along a crust of bread.”

1 Kings 17:13

Elijah said to her, “Do not be afraid. Go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake and bring it to me. Afterwards you can prepare something for yourself and your son.

Jeremiah 14:18

If I walk out into the field, look! those slain by the sword; If I enter the city, look! victims of famine. Both prophet and priest ply their trade in a land they do not know.

Jeremiah 4:2

And swear, “As the Lord lives,” in truth, in judgment, and in justice, Then the nations shall bless themselves in him and in him glory.

Jeremiah 5:2

They say, “As the Lord lives,” but in fact they swear falsely.

Lamentations 4:9

Better for those pierced by the sword than for those pierced by hunger, Better for those who bleed from wounds than for those who lack food.

Matthew 26:7

a woman came up to him with an alabaster jar of costly perfumed oil, and poured it on his head while he was reclining at table.

1 Samuel 14:39

As the Lord lives who has given victory to Israel, even if my son Jonathan has committed it, he shall surely die!” But none of the people answered him.

1 Samuel 14:45

But the soldiers protested to Saul: “Is Jonathan to die, the man who won this great victory for Israel? This must not be! As the Lord lives, not a single hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for God was with him in what he did today!” Thus the soldiers rescued Jonathan and he did not die.

1 Samuel 20:21

I will then send my attendant to recover the arrows. If in fact I say to him, ‘Look, the arrow is this side of you; pick it up,’ come, for you are safe. As the Lord lives, there will be nothing to fear.

1 Samuel 20:3

But David replied: “Your father is well aware that I am favored with your friendship, so he has decided, ‘Jonathan must not know about this or he will be grieved.’ Nevertheless, as the Lord lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.”

1 Samuel 25:26

Now, therefore, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as you live, the Lord has kept you from shedding blood and from avenging yourself by your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord become as Nabal!

1 Samuel 26:10

As the Lord lives,” David declared, “only the Lord can strike him: either when the time comes for him to die, or when he goes out and perishes in battle.