Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

Bible References

General references

Genesis 14:22
But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, "I raise my hand to the Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow
Exodus 6:8
I will bring you to the land I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob -- and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord!'"
Numbers 14:28
Say to them, 'As I live, says the Lord, I will surely do to you just what you have spoken in my hearing.
Jeremiah 4:2
You must be truthful, honest and upright when you take an oath saying, 'As surely as the Lord lives!' If you do, the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you are and will make him the object of their boasting."
Hebrews 6:17
In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath,
Revelation 10:5
Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

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