Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

An oath

Genesis 21:30
And he said, That thou take the seven ewe-lambs of my hand, 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.
Exodus 22:11
an oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make it good.
Joshua 9:15
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the assembly swore unto them.
2 Samuel 21:2
And the king called the Gibeonites, and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remainder of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)
Ezekiel 17:16
As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily in the place of the king that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him, in the midst of Babylon, shall he die.

General references

Genesis 21:24
And Abraham said, I will swear.
Isaiah 54:9
For this is as the waters of Noah unto me, since I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth: so have I sworn that I will no more be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Micah 7:20
Thou wilt perform truth to Jacob, loving-kindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers, from the days of old.
Luke 1:73
the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,