Hebrews 6:16

For men truly swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

Exodus 22:11

an oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, that he has not put his hand to his neighbor's goods. And the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make it good.

Genesis 14:22

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the most high God, the possessor of Heaven and earth,

Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. Do to me according to the kindness that I have sworn to you, and to the land in which you have lived.

Genesis 21:30-31

And he said, For you shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, so that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well.

Genesis 31:53

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

Joshua 9:15-20

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a treaty with them, to let them live. And the rulers of the congregation swore to them.

2 Samuel 21:2

And the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. And the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites. And the sons of Israel had sworn to them. And Saul sought to kill them in his zeal to the sons of Israel and Judah.

Ezekiel 17:16-20

As I live, says the Lord Jehovah, surely in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

Matthew 23:20-22

Therefore whoever shall swear by the altar swears by it, and by all things on it.

Hebrews 6:13

For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He swore by Himself,

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Hebrews 6:16

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

An oath

General references

Bible References

An oath

And he said, For you shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, so that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well.

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

an oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, that he has not put his hand to his neighbor's goods. And the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make it good.

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a treaty with them, to let them live. And the rulers of the congregation swore to them.

As I live, says the Lord Jehovah, surely in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

General references

And Abraham said, I will swear.

For this is as the waters of Noah to Me; for as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so I have sworn from being angry with you and from rebuking you.

You will give faithfulness to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, which You have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

the oath which He swore to our father Abraham,