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, For these seven ewe lambs shall you take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto 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
Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he has not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept the oath, 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 leaders of the congregation swore to them.
2 Samuel 21:2
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
Ezekiel 17:16
As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwells that 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
Genesis 21:24
And Abraham said, I will swear.
Isaiah 54:9
For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
Micah 7:20
You will show truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Luke 1:73
The oath which he swore to our father Abraham,