Joshua 9:19

But all the leaders said to the whole congregation, “We have sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.

Joshua 9:20

This we will do to them, even let them live, so that wrath will not be upon us for the oath which we swore to them.”

Ecclesiastes 8:2

I say, “Keep the command of the king because of the oath before God.

Ecclesiastes 9:2

It is the same for all. There is one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who is afraid to swear.

Jeremiah 4:2

And you will swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’
In truth, in justice and in righteousness;
Then the nations will bless themselves in Him,
And in Him they will glory.”

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Summary

But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

Bible References

We have

Joshua 9:20
This we will do to them, even let them live, so that wrath will not be upon us for the oath which we swore to them.”
Ecclesiastes 8:2
I say, “Keep the command of the king because of the oath before God.
Ecclesiastes 9:2
It is the same for all. There is one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who is afraid to swear.
Jeremiah 4:2
And you will swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’
In truth, in justice and in righteousness;
Then the nations will bless themselves in Him,
And in Him they will glory.”

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