Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
General references
Bible References
Arose
Proverbs 1:5
(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)
Proverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.
Proverbs 15:23
A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time -- how good it is!
Proverbs 25:11
Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.
Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one's friend from sincere counsel.
Made
Ezra 10:3
Therefore let us enact a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord, and that of those who respect the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law.
Nehemiah 5:12
They replied, "We will return these things, and we will no longer demand anything from them. We will do just as you say." Then I called the priests and made the wealthy and the officials swear to do what had been promised.
Nehemiah 10:29
hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders and enter into a curse and an oath to adhere to the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, along with his ordinances and his statutes.
Nehemiah 13:25
So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying, "You will not marry off your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
Matthew 26:63
But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."
General references
Exodus 14:15
The Lord said to Moses, "Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on.
Exodus 18:24
Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he had said.
1 Corinthians 12:21
The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you," nor in turn can the head say to the foot, "I do not need you."