Genesis 21:23

The Covenant Between Abraham And Abimelech

²² Now it came about at that time that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do; ²³ now therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the kindness that I have shown to you, you shall show to me and to the land in which you have sojourned.” ²⁴ Abraham said, “I swear it.”

My Children

Name of God

Swear an Oath

Swear to Me

Joshua 2:12

Now therefore, please swear to me by the Lord, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s household, and give me a pledge of truth,

Genesis 20:14

Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored his wife Sarah to him.

Genesis 14:22-23

Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

Genesis 24:3

and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,

Genesis 26:28

They said, “We see plainly that the Lord has been with you; so we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you,

Genesis 31:44

So now come, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me.”

Genesis 31:53

The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.

Deuteronomy 6:13

You shall fear only the Lord your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name.

1 Samuel 20:13

If it please my father to do you harm, may the Lord do so to Jonathan and more also, if I do not make it known to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. And may the Lord be with you as He has been with my father.

1 Samuel 20:17

Jonathan made David vow again because of his love for him, because he loved him as he loved his own life.

1 Samuel 20:42

Jonathan said to David, “Go in safety, inasmuch as we have sworn to each other in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord will be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever.’” Then he rose and departed, while Jonathan went into the city.

1 Samuel 24:21-22

So now swear to me by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendants after me and that you will not destroy my name from my father’s household.”

1 Samuel 30:15

Then David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this band?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this band.”

Jeremiah 4:2

And you will swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’
In truth, in justice and in righteousness;
Then the nations will bless themselves in Him,
And in Him they will glory.”

2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call God as witness to my soul, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

Hebrews 6:16

For men swear by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute.