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1 Kings 17 1
Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab,“ As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
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Genesis 21:16
Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot, for she said,“ Let me not look on the death of the child.” And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept.
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2 Kings 4 2-2 Kings 4 7
And Elisha said to her,“ What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?” And she said,“ Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”Then he said,“ Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few.Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside.”So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her.When the vessels were full, she said to her son,“ Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her,“ There is not another.” Then the oil stopped flowing.She came and told the man of God, and he said,“ Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”
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Jeremiah 5:2
Though they say,“ As the Lord lives,” yet they swear falsely.
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1 Samuel 25 26
Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.
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Jeremiah 4:2
and if you swear,‘ As the Lord lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.”
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Jeremiah 14:18
If I go out into the field, behold, those pierced by the sword! And if I enter the city, behold, the diseases of famine! For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land and have no knowledge.’”
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2 Samuel 15 21
But Ittai answered the king,“ As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be.”
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1 Samuel 20 3
But David vowed again, saying,“ Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks,‘ Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”
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1 Samuel 26 10
And David said,“ As the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.
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1 Samuel 14 39
For as the Lord lives who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.
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Joel 1:15-16
Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
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1 Samuel 20 21
And behold, I will send the boy, saying,‘ Go, find the arrows.’ If I say to the boy,‘ Look, the arrows are on this side of you, take them,’ then you are to come, for, as the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.
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Matthew 15:33-34
And the disciples said to him,“ Where are we to get enough bread in such a desolate place to feed so great a crowd?”And Jesus said to them,“ How many loaves do you have?” They said,“ Seven, and a few small fish.”
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Lamentations 4:9
Happier were the victims of the sword than the victims of hunger, who wasted away, pierced by lack of the fruits of the field.
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Ezekiel 12:18-19
“ Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink water with trembling and with anxiety.And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink water in dismay. In this way her land will be stripped of all it contains, on account of the violence of all those who dwell in it.
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1 Samuel 14 45
Then the people said to Saul,“ Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As the Lord lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day.” So the people ransomed Jonathan, so that he did not die.