And David answered Jonathan, and said, Your father knows surely that I have found grace in your sight, and he said, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he refuse his consent. But as the Lord lives, and your soul lives, as I said, there is but [a step] between me and death.

And Saul swore to her, and said, As the Lord lives, no injury shall come upon you on this account.

You shall fear the Lord your God, and serve Him, and shall cleave to Him, and shall swear by His name.

which shall be blessed on the earth; for they shall bless the true God; and they that swear upon the earth shall swear by the true God; for they shall forget the former affliction, it shall not come into their mind.

And it shall be, if they will indeed learn the way of My people, to swear by My name, [saying], The Lord lives; as they taught My people to swear by Baal; then shall [that nation] be built in the midst of My people.

Thus let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and they may glorify your Father who is in heaven.

having your manner of life noble among the Gentiles, so that, whenever they speak against you as evildoers, when they observe the good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.

having a good conscience, so that in what they speak against you as evildoers, those reviling your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.

who shall go out before them, and who shall come in before them, and who shall lead them out, and who shall bring them in; so the congregation of the Lord shall not be as sheep without a shepherd.

Surely you know the mischief of Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all things that you are doing?

But I know your sitting down and your going forth, and your rage against Me.

The Lord shall keep your coming in, and your going out, from this time forth and forever.

And Abram said to Sarai, Behold your handmaid is in your hands, use her as it may seem good to you. And Sarai afflicted her, and she fled from her face.

And Phinehas the priest and all the chiefs of the congregation of Israel who were with him heard the words which the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh spoke, and it pleased them.