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
He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand so that this act will serve as my witness that I dug this well.”
Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, and the gods of Nahor—the gods of their father—will judge between us.” And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Exodus 22:11
there must be an oath before the Lord between the two of them to determine whether or not he has taken his neighbor’s property. Its owner must accept the oath, and the other man does not have to make restitution.
Joshua 9:15
So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.
2 Samuel 21:2
The Gibeonites were not Israelites but rather a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but Saul had tried to kill them in his zeal for the Israelites and Judah. So David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them.
Ezekiel 17:16
“As I live”—this is the declaration of the Lord God—“he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
General references
Genesis 21:24
And Abraham said, “I swear it.”
Isaiah 54:9 “For this is like the days of Noah to Me:
when I swore that the waters of Noah
would never flood the earth again,
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
or rebuke you.
when I swore that the waters of Noah
would never flood the earth again,
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
or rebuke you.
Micah 7:20 You will show loyalty to Jacob
and faithful love to Abraham,
as You swore to our fathers
from days long ago.
and faithful love to Abraham,
as You swore to our fathers
from days long ago.
Luke 1:73 the oath that He swore to our father Abraham.
He has given us the privilege,
He has given us the privilege,