1 Samuel 20:3

But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

Cross References (16)

  • 1 Samuel 25:26 (4)

    Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and fro

  • Deuteronomy 6:13 (4)

    Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.

  • 2 Kings 2:6 (4)

    And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely

  • 1 Samuel 27:1 (4)

    David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing bette

  • 1 Samuel 1:26 (3)

    “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the

  • 2 Kings 2:4 (3)

    And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as

  • 2 Kings 2:2 (3)

    and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as

  • Deuteronomy 28:66 (2)

    So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.

  • Jeremiah 38:16 (2)

    But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill

  • 1 Samuel 17:55 (2)

    As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whos

  • Jeremiah 4:2 (2)

    and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will b

  • Hebrews 6:16 (2)

    Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.

  • 2 Samuel 15:21 (2)

    But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may

  • 1 Corinthians 15:30–31 (2)

    And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?

  • 2 Corinthians 1:9–10 (2)

    Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who rais

  • Psalms 116:3 (2)

    The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.