Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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. We will even let them live in case we become angry. This is because of the oath we swore to them.
Ecclesiastes 8:2
I counsel you: Keep the king's command because of the oath before God.
Ecclesiastes 9:2
The same thing comes to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrifices and to him that does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; and he that swears, as he that fears and refrains from an oath.
Jeremiah 4:2
if you take the oath, as Jehovah lives in an honest, fair, and right way, then the nations will be blessed, and in him they will glory.