1 Samuel 19:6

WEB

⁶Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, “As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death.”

KJV

⁶And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

BSB

⁶Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”

FBV

⁶Saul accepted what Jonathan had to say, and promised with an oath: “I swear on the life of the Lord, he won't be put to death.”

Extra References

Proverbs 26:24-25

²⁴A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart. ²⁵When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Jeremiah 5:2

²Though they say, ‘As the LORD lives,’ surely they swear falsely.”

1 Samuel 14:39

³⁹For as the LORD lives, who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.

¹⁰Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence; and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled and escaped that night. ¹¹Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you don’t save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”

Psalms 15:4

⁴in whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear the LORD; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change;

1 Samuel 28:10

¹⁰Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, “As the LORD lives, no punishment will happen to you for this thing.”