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.

But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

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.

And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.

And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.

And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.

That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.

And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.