1 Samuel 20:3

New King James Version

Then David took an oath again, and said, “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:21

But 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 your servant will be.”

2 Kings 2:2

Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you!” So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 2:4

Then Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me on to Jericho.” But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you!” So they came to Jericho.

2 Kings 2:6

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

Psalm 116:3

The pains of death surrounded me, And the pangs of Sheol laid 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 very souls, 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, ‘The Lord lives,’ In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; 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 shall fear day and night, and have no assurance of life.

Deuteronomy 6:13

You shall fear the Lord your God and serve Him, and shall take oaths in His name.

Hebrews 6:16

For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute.

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 the Lord.

1 Samuel 17:55

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

1 Samuel 20:2

So Jonathan said to him, “By no means! You shall not die! Indeed, my father will do nothing either great or small without first telling me. And why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so!”

1 Samuel 20:4

So Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you yourself desire, I will do it for you.”

1 Samuel 25:26

Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, since the Lord has held you back from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal.

1 Samuel 27:1

And David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish someday by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in any part of Israel. So I shall escape out of his hand.”