Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
Commandment
Bible References
Why
2 Samuel 21:2
The king called the Gibeonites, and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them: and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);
Ezekiel 17:18
For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape.'
Commandment
2 Chronicles 30:12
Also in Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the leaders by the word of the LORD.
Ecclesiastes 8:2
Keep the king's command, because of the oath to God.
Romans 13:5
Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.