The Lord liveth

1. Judg. 8: 19
     19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
2. Ruth 3: 13
     13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the ^apart of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning.
3. 1 Sam. 14: 39, 45
     39 For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
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     45 And the ^apeople said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
4. 1 Sam. 19: 6
     6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.
5. 1 Sam. 20: 3, 21
     3 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.
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     21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the Lord liveth.
6. 1 Sam. 25: 26
     26 Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
7. 1 Sam. 26: 10, 16
     10 David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to ^adie; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
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     16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
8. 1 Sam. 28: 10
     10 And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
9. 1 Sam. 29: 6
     6 ¶ Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
10. 2 Sam. 4: 9
      9 ¶ And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
11. 2 Sam. 12: 5
      5 And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
12. 2 Sam. 14: 11
      11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the ^arevengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
13. 2 Sam. 15: 21
      21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
14. 2 Sam. 22: 47
      47 The Lord ^aliveth; and blessed be my rock; and ^bexalted be the God of the ^crock of my salvation.
15. 1 Kgs. 1: 29
      29 And the king sware, and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
16. 1 Kgs. 2: 24
      24 Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to ^adeath this day.
17. 1 Kgs. 22: 14
      14 And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak.
18. 2 Kgs. 2: 2, 4, 6
      2 And ^aElijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to ^bBeth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not ^cleave thee. So they went down to Beth-el.
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      4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to ^aJericho. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
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      6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
19. 2 Kgs. 4: 30
      30 And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
20. 2 Kgs. 5: 16, 20
      16 But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will ^areceive ^bnone. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
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      20 ¶ But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
21. 2 Chr. 18: 13
      13 And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
22. Ps. 18: 46
      46 The Lord ^aliveth; and blessed be my ^brock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
23. Jer. 4: 2
      2 And thou shalt swear, The ^aLord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
24. Jer. 5: 2
      2 And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they ^aswear falsely.
25. Jer. 12: 16
      16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The Lord liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
26. Jer. 16: 14-15
      14 ¶ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The ^aLord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
      15 But, The Lord liveth, that ^abrought up the children of Israel from the land of the ^bnorth, and from all the ^clands whither he had driven them: and I will ^dbring them again into their ^eland that I gave unto their fathers.
27. Jer. 23: 7-8
      7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
      8 But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the ^anorth country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
28. Jer. 38: 16
      16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the Lord liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
29. Jer. 44: 26
      26 Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have ^asworn by my great ^bname, saith the Lord, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord God liveth.
30. Hosea 4: 15
      15 ¶ Though thou, Israel, play the ^aharlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to ^bBeth-aven, nor swear, The Lord liveth.
31. 1 Ne. 3: 15
      15 But behold I said unto them that: ^aAs the Lord liveth, and as we live, we will not go down unto our father in the wilderness until we have ^baccomplished the thing which the Lord hath commanded us.
32. 1 Ne. 4: 32
      32 And it came to pass that I spake with him, that if he would hearken unto my words, as the Lord liveth, and as I live, even so that if he would hearken unto our words, we would spare his life.
33. 2 Ne. 9: 16
      16 And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath spoken it, and it is his eternal ^aword, which cannot ^bpass away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are ^cfilthy shall be ^dfilthy still; wherefore, they who are filthy are the ^edevil and his angels; and they shall go away into ^feverlasting fire, prepared for them; and their ^gtorment is as a ^hlake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever and has no end.
34. 2 Ne. 25: 20
      20 And now, my brethren, I have spoken plainly that ye cannot err. And as the Lord God liveth that ^abrought Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and gave unto Moses power that he should ^bheal the nations after they had been bitten by the poisonous serpents, if they would cast their eyes unto the ^cserpent which he did raise up before them, and also gave him power that he should smite the ^drock and the water should come forth; yea, behold I say unto you, that as these things are ^etrue, and as the Lord God liveth, there is none other ^fname given under heaven save it be this Jesus Christ, of which I have spoken, whereby man can be saved.
35. 2 Ne. 27: 31
      31 For assuredly as the Lord liveth they shall see that the ^aterrible one is brought to naught, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off;
36. Omni 1: 26
      26 And now, my beloved brethren, I would that ye should ^acome unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and ^boffer your whole souls as an ^coffering unto him, and continue in ^dfasting and praying, and endure to the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will be saved.
37. Alma 10: 10
      10 And again, I know that the things whereof he hath testified are true; for behold I say unto you, that as the Lord liveth, even so has he sent his ^aangel to make these things manifest unto me; and this he has done while this Alma hath ^bdwelt at my house.
38. Alma 23: 6
      6 And as sure as the Lord liveth, so sure as many as believed, or as many as were brought to the knowledge of the truth, through the preaching of Ammon and his brethren, according to the spirit of revelation and of prophecy, and the power of God working ^amiracles in them—yea, I say unto you, as the Lord liveth, as many of the Lamanites as believed in their preaching, and were ^bconverted unto the Lord, ^cnever did fall away.
39. Alma 44: 11
      11 Now I cannot recall the words which I have spoken, therefore as the Lord liveth, ye shall not depart except ye depart with an oath that ye will not return again against us to war. Now as ye are in our hands we will spill your blood upon the ground, or ye shall submit to the conditions which I have proposed.
40. Alma 54: 10
      10 But, as the Lord liveth, our armies shall come upon you except ye withdraw, and ye shall soon be visited with ^adeath, for we will retain our cities and our lands; yea, and we will maintain our religion and the cause of our God.
41. Hel. 13: 26
      26 Behold ye are worse than they; for as the Lord liveth, if a ^aprophet come among you and declareth unto you the word of the Lord, which testifieth of your ^bsins and iniquities, ye are ^cangry with him, and cast him out and seek all manner of ways to destroy him; yea, you will say that he is a ^dfalse ^eprophet, and that he is a sinner, and of the devil, because he ^ftestifieth that your deeds are evil.
42. Hel. 15: 17
      17 And now behold, saith the Lord, concerning the people of the Nephites: If they will not repent, and observe to do my will, I will utterly ^adestroy them, saith the Lord, because of their unbelief notwithstanding the many mighty works which I have done among them; and as surely as the Lord liveth shall these things be, saith the Lord.
43. 3 Ne. 3: 15, 21
      15 Yea, he said unto them: As the Lord liveth, except ye repent of all your iniquities, and cry unto the Lord, ye will in nowise be ^adelivered out of the hands of those Gadianton robbers.
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      21 But Gidgiddoni saith unto them: The Lord ^aforbid; for if we should go up against them the Lord would ^bdeliver us into their hands; therefore we will prepare ourselves in the center of our lands, and we will gather all our armies together, and we will not go against them, but we will wait till they shall come against us; therefore as the Lord liveth, if we do this he will deliver them into our hands.
44. 3 Ne. 5: 24, 26
      24 And as surely as the Lord liveth, will he ^agather in from the four quarters of the earth all the remnant of the ^bseed of Jacob, who are scattered abroad upon all the face of the earth.
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      26 And then shall they ^aknow their Redeemer, who is Jesus Christ, the Son of God; and then shall they be gathered in from the four quarters of the earth unto their own lands, from whence they have been dispersed; yea, as the Lord liveth so shall it be. Amen.
45. Morm. 8: 23
      23 Search the prophecies of ^aIsaiah. Behold, I cannot write them. Yea, behold I say unto you, that those saints who have gone before me, who have possessed this land, shall ^bcry, yea, even from the dust will they cry unto the Lord; and as the Lord liveth he will remember the covenant which he hath made with them.
46. D&C 8: 1
      1 ^aOliver Cowdery, verily, verily, I say unto you, that assuredly as the Lord liveth, who is your God and your Redeemer, even so surely shall you receive a ^bknowledge of whatsoever things you shall ^cask in faith, with an ^dhonest heart, believing that you shall receive a ^eknowledge concerning the engravings of old ^frecords, which are ancient, which contain those parts of my scripture of which has been spoken by the ^gmanifestation of my Spirit.
47. Moses 4: 30
      30 For as I, the Lord God, liveth, even so my ^awords cannot return void, for as they go forth out of my mouth they must be fulfilled.