1 Kings 1:29; 1 Kings 2:24; 1 Kings 3:22; 1 Kings 3:23; 1 Kings 3:25; 1 Kings 3:26; 1 Kings 3:27; 1 Kings 8:40; 1 Kings 11:34; 1 Kings 12:6; 1 Kings 15:5; 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 17:12; 1 Kings 18:10; 1 Kings 18:15; 1 Kings 20:18; 1 Kings 20:32; 1 Kings 21:15; 1 Kings 22:14

1 Kings 1:29

29 The king then took an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,

1 Kings 2:24

24 And now, as surely as the LORD lives—he who has established me securely on the throne of my father David and has founded a dynasty for me as he promised—Adonijah shall be put to death today!”

1 Kings 3:22

22 The other woman said, “No! The living one is my son; the dead one is yours.” But the first one insisted, “No! The dead one is yours; the living one is mine.” And so they argued before the king.

1 Kings 3:23

23 The king said, “This one says, ‘My son is alive and your son is dead,’ while that one says, ‘No! Your son is dead and mine is alive.’ ”

1 Kings 3:25

25 He then gave an order: “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”

1 Kings 3:26

26 The woman whose son was alive was deeply moved out of love for her son and said to the king, “Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!” But the other said, “Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!”

1 Kings 3:27

27 Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother.”

1 Kings 8:40

40 so that they will fear you all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors.

1 Kings 11:34

34 “ ‘But I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand; I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose and who obeyed my commands and decrees.

1 Kings 12:6

6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How would you advise me to answer these people?” he asked.

1 Kings 15:5

5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not failed to keep any of the LORD’s commands all the days of his life—except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.

1 Kings 17:1

1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”

1 Kings 17:12

12 “As surely as the LORD your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.”

1 Kings 18:10

10 As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever a nation or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find you.

1 Kings 18:15

15 Elijah said, “As the LORD Almighty lives, whom I serve, I will surely present myself to Ahab today.”

1 Kings 20:18

18 He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

1 Kings 20:32

32 Wearing sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-Hadad says: ‘Please let me live.’ ” The king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

1 Kings 21:15

15 As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite that he refused to sell you. He is no longer alive, but dead.”

1 Kings 22:14

14 But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I can tell him only what the LORD tells me.”