1 Corinthians 15:30-31

Why also do we stand in peril every hour?

2 Corinthians 1:9-10

yea, we ourselves had within ourselves the sentence of death, that we might not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead;

Hebrews 6:16

For men indeed swear by one who is greater, and the oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

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Summary

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.

Bible References

But a step

1 Corinthians 15:30
Why also do we stand in peril every hour?
2 Corinthians 1:9
yea, we ourselves had within ourselves the sentence of death, that we might not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead;