1 Samuel 20:21

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

Amos 8:14

Those who swear by Ashima of Samaria, and who say, “By the life of your god, O Dan,” “By the life of the Power of Beer-sheba!” They shall fall, never to rise again.

Jeremiah 12:16

And if they truly learn my people’s custom of swearing by my name, “As the Lord lives,” just as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

Jeremiah 5:2

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

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.

1 Samuel 20:20

On the third day of the month I will shoot arrows to the side of it, as though aiming at a target.

1 Samuel 20:22

But if I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrow is beyond you,’ go, for the Lord sends you away.

1 Samuel 20:36

There he said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows.” And as the boy ran, he shot an arrow past him.