Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
But truly
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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.
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Psalm 118:13
I was fiercely attacked and was being defeated, but Jehovah helped me.