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 from me these seven ewe lambs as a witness that I have dug this well."
Genesis 31:53
May Abraham's God and Nahor's god judge between us."
Exodus 22:11
the two of them are to take an oath in the LORD's presence that the accused has not taken his neighbor's property. Its owner is to accept this, and the neighbor is not to make restitution.
Joshua 9:15
They made a treaty with them, guaranteeing their lives with a covenant, and the leaders of the congregation confirmed it with an oath to them.
2 Samuel 21:2
So the king called together the Gibeonites and conferred with them. Now the Gibeonites weren't part of the nation of Israel, but were the survivors from the Amorites. Although the Israelis had promised to spare them, Saul had started to execute them in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.
Ezekiel 17:16
"As long as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "in Babylon, that place where the king has enthroned him, whose oath he despised so as to break his covenant, he'll die with him.
General references
Genesis 21:24
And Abraham replied, "I agree!"
Isaiah 54:9
"For this is like the waters of Noah to me, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again spread over the earth; so have I sworn that I won't be angry with you again and that I won't rebuke you.
Micah 7:20
You will remain true to Jacob, and merciful to Abraham, as you promised our ancestors long ago.
Luke 1:73
the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham.