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1 Samuel 20:3

But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

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1 Samuel 20:3 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 6:13 (4 votes) and 1 Samuel 25:26 (4 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 26 to Hebrews 6.

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Which verses does 1 Samuel 20:3 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Deuteronomy 6:134 votes

    Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.

  2. 1 Samuel 25:264 votes

    Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.

  3. 1 Samuel 27:14 votes

    David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”

  4. 2 Kings 2:64 votes

    And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.

  5. 1 Samuel 1:263 votes

    “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.

  6. 2 Kings 2:23 votes

    and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

  7. 2 Kings 2:43 votes

    And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

  8. Deuteronomy 28:662 votes

    So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.

  9. 1 Samuel 17:552 votes

    As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”

  10. 2 Samuel 15:212 votes

    But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”

  11. Psalm 116:32 votes
  12. Jeremiah 4:22 votes

    and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”

  13. Jeremiah 38:162 votes
  14. 1 Corinthians 15:30–312 votes
  15. 2 Corinthians 1:9–102 votes
  16. Hebrews 6:162 votes

Which verses point to 1 Samuel 20:3?

The 10 strongest of 17.