2 Samuel 15:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Ittai the Gittite in answer said, By the living Lord, and by the life of my lord the king, in whatever place my lord the king may be, for life or death, there will your servant be.

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  • Ruth 1:16-17 : 16 But Ruth said, Give up requesting me to go away from you, or to go back without you: for where you go I will go; and where you take your rest I will take my rest; your people will be my people, and your God my God. 17 Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death.
  • Prov 17:17 : 17 A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.
  • Prov 18:24 : 24 There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.
  • Matt 8:19-20 : 19 And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go. 20 And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.
  • John 6:66-69 : 66 Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him. 67 So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away? 68 Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life; 69 And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:
  • Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
  • 2 Cor 7:3 : 3 It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.
  • 1 Sam 20:3 : 3 But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your soul is living, there is only a step between me and death.
  • 1 Sam 25:26 : 26 So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.
  • 2 Kgs 2:2 : 2 And Elijah said to Elisha, Come no farther for the Lord has sent me to Beth-el. But Elisha said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went down to Beth-el.
  • 2 Kgs 2:4 : 4 Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on to Jericho.
  • 2 Kgs 2:6 : 6 Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jordan. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on together.
  • 2 Kgs 4:30 : 30 But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go back without you. So he got up and went with her.

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    27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?

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    15 And now it is my fear of the people which has made me come to say these words to my lord the king: and your servant said, I will put my cause before the king, and it may be that he will give effect to my request.

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    24 And so, as your life was dear to me today, may my life be dear to the Lord, and may he make me free from all my troubles.

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    11 The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.