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.
General references
Bible References
An oath
Genesis 21:30
And he said, The seven young sheep, shalt thou take at my hand, - that they may serve as my witness, that I digged this well.
Genesis 31:53
The Gods of Abraham and the Gods of Nahor judge betwixt us - the Gods of their fathers. And Jacob sware by the Dread of his father Isaac:
Exodus 22:11
the oath of Yahweh, shall come between them both, That he hath not laid his hand on the property of his neighbour, - then shall the owner thereof accept it and he shall not make restitution.
Joshua 9:15
And Joshua made peace with them, and solemnised with them a covenant to let them live, - and the princes of the assembly, entered into an oath with them.
2 Samuel 21:2
The king therefore called the Gibeonites, and said unto them (now, the Gibeonites, were, not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, with whom, the sons of Israel, had entered into an oath, and Saul had sought to smite them, in his jealousy for the sons of Israel and Judah) -
Ezekiel 17:16
As I live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Very! in the place where dwelleth the king that made him king, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken 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, the waters of Noah, is this unto me, - As to which I sware that the waters of Noah should not again pass over the earth, So have I sworn Not to be vexed with thee Nor to rebuke thee.
Micah 7:20
Thou wilt grant - the faithfulness to Jacob, the lovingkindness to Abraham, - which thou didst swear to our fathers, from the days of ancient time.
Luke 1:73
The oath which he sware unto Abraham our father, To grant us,