1 Samuel 20:3

David again said: Your father has certainly known that I have found favor in your eyes. He said: Do not let Jonathan know this, that he not be grieved. And yet, as Jehovah lives, and you live, there is only a step between death and me.

Deuteronomy 6:13

You must respect Jehovah your God. Serve him and swear by his name!

1 Samuel 25:26

Jehovah kept you from spilling innocent blood and from getting a victory by your own efforts. As Jehovah lives and you live, may your enemies and those who are trying to harm you end up like Nabal.

1 Samuel 27:1

David thought to himself: One of these days Saul will kill me. The best thing for me to do is escape to Philistia. Saul will give up looking for me in Israel. Then I will be safe.

2 Kings 2:6

Then Elijah said to Elisha: Stay here for Jehovah has ordered me to go to the Jordan River. But Elisha answered: I swear by my loyalty to the living God Jehovah and to you that I will not leave you. So they went on,

1 Samuel 1:26

Hannah said to him: My lord. Do you remember me? I am the woman you saw standing here, praying to Jehovah.

2 Kings 2:2

and on the way Elijah said to Elisha: Stay here for Jehovah has ordered me to go to Bethel. But Elisha answered: I swear by my loyalty to the living God Jehovah and to you that I will not leave you. So they went on to Bethel.

2 Kings 2:4

Then Elijah said to Elisha: Stay here for Jehovah has ordered me to go to Jericho. But Elisha answered: I swear by my loyalty to the living God Jehovah and to you that I will not leave you. So the two of them went on to Jericho.

Deuteronomy 28:66

Your life will always be in danger. Day and night you will be filled with terror. You will live in constant fear of death.

1 Samuel 17:55

When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he asked Abner the commander of the army: Abner, whose son is this young man? Abner said: By your life, O king, I do not know.

2 Samuel 15:21

Ittai answered: Your Majesty, I swear to you in the name of Jehovah that I will always go with you wherever you go, even if it means death.

Psalm 116:3

The ropes of death became tangled around me. The fear of the grave took hold of me. I experienced pain and agony.

Jeremiah 4:2

if you take the oath, as Jehovah lives in an honest, fair, and right way, then the nations will be blessed, and in him they will glory.

Jeremiah 38:16

So King Zedekiah promised me in secret: I swear by the living God, the God who gave us life, that I will not put you to death or hand you over to the men who want to kill you.

1 Corinthians 15:30-31

Why do we stand in jeopardy (in danger) every hour?

2 Corinthians 1:9-10

Yes, we have had the sentence of death within ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

Hebrews 6:16

Men swear by someone greater then themselves: and an oath for confirmation to them puts an end to the problem.

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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.

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But truly

1 Samuel 25:26
Jehovah kept you from spilling innocent blood and from getting a victory by your own efforts. As Jehovah lives and you live, may your enemies and those who are trying to harm you end up like Nabal.
1 Samuel 27:1
David thought to himself: One of these days Saul will kill me. The best thing for me to do is escape to Philistia. Saul will give up looking for me in Israel. Then I will be safe.
2 Samuel 15:21
Ittai answered: Your Majesty, I swear to you in the name of Jehovah that I will always go with you wherever you go, even if it means death.
2 Kings 2:2
and on the way Elijah said to Elisha: Stay here for Jehovah has ordered me to go to Bethel. But Elisha answered: I swear by my loyalty to the living God Jehovah and to you that I will not leave you. So they went on to Bethel.

But a step

1 Samuel 27:1
David thought to himself: One of these days Saul will kill me. The best thing for me to do is escape to Philistia. Saul will give up looking for me in Israel. Then I will be safe.
Deuteronomy 28:66
Your life will always be in danger. Day and night you will be filled with terror. You will live in constant fear of death.
Psalm 116:3
The ropes of death became tangled around me. The fear of the grave took hold of me. I experienced pain and agony.
1 Corinthians 15:30
Why do we stand in jeopardy (in danger) every hour?
2 Corinthians 1:9
Yes, we have had the sentence of death within ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

General references

Psalm 118:13
I was fiercely attacked and was being defeated, but Jehovah helped me.