1 Samuel 20:3

Word of Yahweh

And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Yahweh liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:21

And Ittai answered the king, and said, As Yahweh liveth, and as my master the king liveth, surely in what place my master the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.

2 Kings 2:2

And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for Yahweh hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As Yahweh liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 2:4

And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for Yahweh hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As Yahweh liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

2 Kings 2:6

And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for Yahweh hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As Yahweh liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.

Psalm 116:3

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Jeremiah 38:16

So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As Yahweh liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

Jeremiah 4:2

And thou shalt swear, Yahweh liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they boast.

Deuteronomy 28:66

And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:

Deuteronomy 6:13

Thou shalt fear Yahweh thy Elohim, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

Hebrews 6:16

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

1 Samuel 1:26

And she said, Oh my master, as thy soul liveth, my master, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto Yahweh.

1 Samuel 17:55

And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

1 Samuel 20:2

And he said unto him, Far from it; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will show it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

1 Samuel 20:4

Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.

1 Samuel 25:26

Now therefore, my master, as Yahweh liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Yahweh hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my master, be as Nabal.

1 Samuel 27:1

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing 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 coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.