29 And the king took an oath and said, (A)As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from every distress,

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But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the Lord lives, (A)who has redeemed my life from all adversity,

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24 And (A)rescued us from our enemies,
For His mercy endures forever;

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(A)Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;
You will stretch out Your hand
Against the wrath of my enemies,
And Your right hand will save me.

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14 He will redeem their life from oppression and violence;
And (A)precious shall be their blood in His sight.

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19 (A)Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
(B)But the Lord delivers him out of them all.
20 He guards all his bones;
(C)Not one of them is broken.
21 (D)Evil shall slay the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous shall be [a]condemned.
22 The Lord (E)redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 34:21 held guilty

Gehazi’s Greed

20 But (A)Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, while not receiving from his hands what he brought; but as the Lord lives, I will run after him and take something from him.”

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16 But he said, (A)As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, (B)I will receive nothing.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.

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30 And the mother of the child said, (A)As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not (B)leave you.” So he arose and followed her.

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10 As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to hunt for you; and when they said, ‘He is not here,’ he took an oath from the kingdom or nation that they could not find you.

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Elijah Proclaims a Drought

17 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the (A)inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, (B)As the Lord God of Israel lives, (C)before whom I stand, (D)there shall not be dew nor rain (E)these years, except at my word.”

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24 Now therefore, as the Lord lives, who has confirmed me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has established a [a]house for me, as He (A)promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today!”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:24 Royal dynasty

So David’s anger was greatly aroused against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this [a]shall surely die!

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  1. 2 Samuel 12:5 deserves to die, lit. is a son of death

21 and there I will send a lad, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I expressly say to the lad, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; get them and come’—then, (A)as the Lord lives, there is safety for you and no harm.

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So Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, “As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed.”

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45 But the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has accomplished this great deliverance in Israel? Certainly not! (A)As the Lord lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked (B)with God this day.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.

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39 For (A)as the Lord lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But not a man among all the people answered him.

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19 Then he said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the Lord lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”

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16 The Angel (A)who has redeemed me from all evil,
Bless the lads;
Let (B)my name be named upon them,
And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
And let them (C)grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

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