1 Samuel 20:21

New King James Version

and there I will send a lad, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I expressly say to the lad, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; get them and come’—then, as the Lord lives, there is safety for you and no harm.

Cross References

Jeremiah 12:16

And it shall be, if they will learn carefully the ways of My people, to swear by My name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they shall be established in the midst of My people.

Jeremiah 4:2

And you shall swear, ‘The Lord lives,’ In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; The nations shall bless themselves in Him, And in Him they shall glory.”

Jeremiah 5:2

Though they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’ Surely they swear falsely.”

Amos 8:14

Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, Who say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan!’ And, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives!’ They shall fall and never rise again.”

1 Samuel 20:20

Then I will shoot three arrows to the side, as though I shot at a target;

1 Samuel 20:22

But if I say thus to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you’—go your way, for the Lord has sent you away.

1 Samuel 20:36

Then he said to his lad, “Now run, find the arrows which I shoot.” As the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.