1Sa 20:3, 23:26-27, 2Sa 17:16, Mat 10:28 | ESV | STEP | But David vowed again , saying , Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes , and he thinks , Do not let Jonathan know this , lest he be grieved . But truly , as the Lord lives and as your soul lives , there is but a step between me and death .

1 Samuel 20:3

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

1 Samuel 23:26-27

26 Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. And David was hurrying to get away from Saul. As Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them, 27 a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid against the land.”

2 Samuel 17:16

16 Now therefore send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not stay tonight at ^dthe fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be ^eswallowed up.’”

Matthew 10:28

28 And ^fdo not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him ^gwho can destroy both soul and body in hell. ^{▼▼Greek Gehenna}