1 Samuel 20:3
"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 the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death."
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- 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."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 6:13
"Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name."
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"Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD 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 lord, be as Nabal."
Read in chapter → - 2 Kings 2:6
"And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on."
Read in chapter → - 2 Kings 2:4
"And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 1:26
"And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD."
Read in chapter → - 2 Kings 2:2
"And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel."
Read in chapter → - Hebrews 6:16
"For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife."
Read in chapter → - 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:"
Read in chapter → - 2 Corinthians 1:9
"But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:"
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