1Sa 14:39, 45, 20:3, 21, 25:26, 26:10, 2Sa 15:21, 1Ki 17:1, Jer 4:2, 5:2 | ESV | STEP | For as the Lord lives who saves Israel , though it be in Jonathan my son , he shall surely die . But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.

39 For ^aas the Lord lives who saves Israel, ^bthough it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.

1 Samuel 14:45

45 Then the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! ^cAs the Lord lives, ^dthere shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day.” So the people ransomed Jonathan, so that he did not die.

1 Samuel 20:3

3 But David vowed again, saying, “Your father knows well that ^eI have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, ^fas the Lord lives and ^gas your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”

1 Samuel 20:21

21 And behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you, take them,’ then you are to come, for, ^has the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.

1 Samuel 25:26

26 Now then, my lord, ⁱas the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because ^jthe Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from ^ksaving with your own hand, now then ^llet your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.

1 Samuel 26:10

10 And David said, ^m“As the Lord lives, ⁿthe Lord will strike him, or ^ohis day will come to die, ^por he will go down into battle and perish.

2 Samuel 15:21

21 But Ittai answered the king, ^q“As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, ^rwherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be.”

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah Predicts a Drought

1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of ^sTishbe ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew of the settlers} in Gilead, said to Ahab, ^u“As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, ^vbefore whom I stand, ^wthere shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

Jeremiah 4:2

2 ^xand if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’
in truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
then ^ynations shall bless themselves in him,
^zand in him shall they glory.”

Jeremiah 5:2

2 ^aaThough they say, “As the Lord lives,”
^abyet they swear falsely.