1 Samuel 20:3

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

And David said, Truly thy father knoweth, that I have found grace in thine eyes, and he shall say, Jonathan know not this, lest peradventure he be sorry; certainly the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, for, that I say so, I and death be parted only by one degree.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:21

And Ittai answered to the king, and said, The Lord liveth, and my lord the king liveth, for in whatever place thou shalt be, my lord the king, either in death either in life, there thy servant shall be.

2 Kings 2:2

And Elijah said to Elisha, Sit thou here, for the Lord [hath] sent me till into Bethel. To whom Elisha said, The Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, for I shall not forsake thee. And when they had come down to Bethel,

2 Kings 2:4

Forsooth Elijah said to Elisha, Sit thou here, for the Lord [hath] sent me into Jericho. And he said, The Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, for I shall not forsake thee. And when they had come to Jericho,

2 Kings 2:6

Forsooth Elijah said to Elisha, Sit thou here, for the Lord [hath] sent me to the Jordan. Which said, The Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, for I shall not forsake thee. Therefore both went together;

Psalm 116:3

The sorrows of death encompass-ed me; and the perils of hell found me. I found tribulation and sorrow;

Jeremiah 38:16

Therefore Zedekiah the king swore to Jeremy privily, and said, The Lord liveth, that made to us this soul, I shall not slay thee, and I shall not betake thee into the hands of these men, that seek thy life.

Jeremiah 4:2

And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, and in doom, and in rightfulness [or rightwiseness]; and all folks shall bless him, and shall praise him.

Deuteronomy 28:66

And thy life shall be as hanging before thee; thou shalt dread night and day, and thou shalt not trust to thy life.

Deuteronomy 6:13

Thou shalt dread thy Lord God, and thou shalt serve him alone, and thou shalt swear by his name.

Hebrews 6:16

For men swear by a greater than themselves, and the end of all their plea, [or all their controversy, or debate], is an oath to confirmation.

1 Samuel 1:26

And Hannah said, My lord, I beseech thee, thy soul liveth; I am the woman, that stood before thee here, and prayed the Lord;

1 Samuel 17:55

Forsooth in that time in which Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, [the] prince of his chivalry, Abner, of what generation is this young man? And Abner said, King, thy soul liveth, I know not.

1 Samuel 20:2

And Jonathan said to him, Far be it from thee, thou shalt not die, for my father shall not do anything great either little, no but he show first to me; therefore, my father kept privy from me this word only, forsooth it shall not be. And again he swore to David.

1 Samuel 20:4

And Jonathan said to David, Whatever thing thy soul shall say to me, I shall do it to thee.

1 Samuel 25:26

Now therefore, my lord, the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, the which Lord hath forbidden thee, that thou shouldest come into blood, and the Lord saved thy life to thee; and now thine enemies, and they that seek evil to thee my lord, be they made as Nabal.

1 Samuel 27:1

And David said in his heart, Sometime I shall fall in one day in the hand of Saul; whether it is not better, that I flee, and be saved in the land of Philistines, that Saul despair, and cease to seek me in all the ends of Israel; therefore flee we his hands.