For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself, saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;

Psalm 95:11

So that I swore in mine anger, that they should not enter into my rest. Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 51:14

Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself, I will assuredly fill thee with men, as with caterpillars; and they shall raise a shout against thee. Verse Concepts

Hebrews 3:18

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who had not hearkened to the word? Verse Concepts

Isaiah 14:24

Jehovah of hosts hath sworn saying, Assuredly as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, it shall stand: Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 11:5

that I may perform the oath that I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. And I answered and said, Amen, Jehovah! Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 49:13

For I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. Verse Concepts

Hebrews 7:28

For the law constitutes men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the swearing of the oath which is after the law, a Son perfected for ever. Verse Concepts

Hebrews 6:17

Wherein God, willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his purpose, intervened by an oath, Verse Concepts

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Genesis 22:16

and said, By myself I swear, saith Jehovah, that, because thou hast done this, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, Verse Concepts

Psalm 89:35

Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David: Verse Concepts

Psalm 105:9

Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; Verse Concepts

Hebrews 4:3

For we enter into the rest who have believed; as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest; although the works had been completed from the foundation of the world. Verse Concepts

Psalm 132:11

Jehovah hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne; Verse Concepts

Hebrews 3:11

so I swore in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest. Verse Concepts

Revelation 10:6

and swore by him that lives to the ages of ages, who created the heaven and the things that are in it, and the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there should be no longer delay; Verse Concepts

Isaiah 45:23

I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 22:5

But if ye will not hear these words, I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a waste. Verse Concepts

Hebrews 7:21

(for they are become priests without the swearing of an oath, but he with the swearing of an oath, by him who said, as to him, The Lord has sworn, and will not repent of it, Thou art priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec;) Verse Concepts

Oath » David swears to saul

2 Samuel 21:7

But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

1 Samuel 24:21-22

Swear now therefore to me by Jehovah, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house. And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; and David and his men went up to the stronghold.

Oath » Rahab requires an oath from the spies

Joshua 2:12-14

And now, I pray you, swear to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye will also deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a certain sign, that ye will let my father live, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that belong to them, and deliver our souls from death. And the men said to her, Our lives shall pay for yours, if ye do not make this our business known; and it shall be when Jehovah shall give us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

Joshua 6:22

And Joshua said to the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house and bring out thence the woman, and all that she has, as ye swore unto her. Verse Concepts

Oath » Used in solemnizing covenants » Between isaac and abimelech

Genesis 26:31

And they rose early in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. Verse Concepts

Genesis 26:26-29

And Abimelech, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol the captain of his host, went to him from Gerar. And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you? And they said, We saw certainly that Jehovah is with thee; and we said, Let there be then an oath between us between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee, read more.
that thou wilt do us no wrong, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but good, and have let thee go in peace; thou art now blessed of Jehovah.

Oath » Jonathan and david confirm a covenant by

1 Samuel 20:3

And David swore again and again, and said, Thy father certainly knows that I have found favour in thy sight: and he has thought, Jonathan shall not know this, lest he be grieved; but truly as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 20:13-17

Jehovah do so and much more to Jonathan. Should it please my father to do thee evil, then I will apprise thee of it, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and Jehovah be with thee, as he has been with my father. And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of Jehovah, that I die not, but thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever, no, not when Jehovah cuts off the enemies of David, every one from the face of the earth. read more.
And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let Jehovah even require it at the hand of David's enemies! And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by the love he had for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

Oath » Used in solemnizing covenants » Between abraham and the king of sodom

Genesis 14:22-23

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth, if from a thread even to a sandal-thong, yes, if of all that is thine, I take anything ...; that thou mayest not say, I have made Abram rich;

Oath » Used in solemnizing covenants » Between abraham and abimelech

Genesis 21:22-23

And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech, and Phichol the captain of his host, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest. And now swear to me here by God that thou wilt not deal deceitfully with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. According to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land in which thou sojournest.

Oath » Requires joseph to swear that he would bury him with his forefathers

Genesis 47:28-31

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred and forty-seven years. And the days of Israel approached that he should die. And he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt; but when I shall lie with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their sepulchre. And he said, I will do according to thy word. read more.
And he said, Swear to me; and he swore to him. And Israel worshipped on the bed's head.

Oath » David swears to bath-sheba that solomon will be king

1 Kings 1:28-29

Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. And the king swore, and said, As Jehovah liveth, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,

Oath » Abraham requires oath of his servant eliezer

Genesis 24:2-3

And Abraham said to his servant, the eldest of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Put thy hand, I pray thee, under my thigh, and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of the heavens and the God of the earth, that thou take not a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am dwelling;

Genesis 24:9

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore unto him concerning that matter. Verse Concepts

Oath » Ezra requires, of the priests and levites

Ezra 10:19

And they gave their hand to send away their wives; and they offered a ram of the flock, as trespass-offering for their guilt. Verse Concepts

Ezra 10:5

Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, of the Levites, and of all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore. Verse Concepts

Oath » The israelites confirm the covenant with the hivites

Joshua 9:3-20

And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, then they also acted with craft, and they went prepared as on a journey, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-flasks, old and rent and tied up; and old and patched sandals upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. read more.
And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, From a far country are we come; and now make a covenant with us. And the men of Israel said to the Hivite, Perhaps thou dwellest in the midst of us, and how should I make a covenant with thee? And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? And they said to him, From a very far country are thy servants come, because of the name of Jehovah thy God; for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og the king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth. And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take victuals in your hand for the way, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants, and now make a covenant with us. This our bread we took warm for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; and now, behold, it is dry, and is become mouldy. And these flasks of wine which we filled new, behold, they are rent; and these our garments and our sandals are become old by reason of the very long journey. And the men took of their victuals, but they did not inquire at the mouth of Jehovah. And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the assembly swore unto them. And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt in their midst. And the children of Israel journeyed, and came to their cities on the third day; and their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim. And the children of Israel did not smite them, because the princes of the assembly had sworn unto them by Jehovah the God of Israel. Then all the assembly murmured against the princes. And all the princes said to all the assembly, We have sworn unto them by Jehovah the God of Israel, and now we may not touch them. This we will do to them, and let them live, lest wrath come upon us, because of the oath which we swore unto them.

Oath » So does nehemiah

Nehemiah 5:12-13

And they said, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, as thou hast said. And I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house and from his earnings, that performeth not this promise: even thus be he shaken out and emptied! And all the congregation said, Amen! And they praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

Oath » Zedekiah » Violates

2 Chronicles 36:13

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take oath by God; and he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from returning to Jehovah the God of Israel. Verse Concepts

Oath » Zedekiah » Swears » Jeremiah

Jeremiah 38:16

And king Zedekiah swore secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. Verse Concepts

Oath » Saul swears to the witch of en-dor

1 Samuel 28:10

And Saul swore unto her by Jehovah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

Oath » The elders of gilead confirm their pledge to jephthah by

Judges 11:10

And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The LORD will be witness between us; we will surely do as you say." Verse Concepts

Oath » Jacob confirms the covenant between him and laban by

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. Verse Concepts

Oath » David swears not to eat until the sun goes down

2 Samuel 3:35

And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread or aught else till the sun be down! Verse Concepts

Oath » Esau confirms the sale of his birthright by

Genesis 25:33

And Jacob said, Swear unto me now. And he swore unto him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. Verse Concepts

Oath » King of samaria confirms his word with an

2 Kings 6:31

And he said, God do so, and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him this day! Verse Concepts

Oath » Jehoida requires an oath from the rulers

2 Kings 11:4

And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains of the hundreds, of the bodyguard and the couriers, and brought them to him into the house of Jehovah, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah, and shewed them the king's son. Verse Concepts

Oath » Peter confirms his denial of jesus by

Mark 14:71

But he began to curse and to swear, I know not this man of whom ye speak. Verse Concepts

Oath » Joseph requires a similar oath

Genesis 50:25

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will certainly visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones hence. Verse Concepts

Oath » Gedaliah confirms his word by

Jeremiah 40:9

And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. Verse Concepts

Oath » Moses covenants with caleb by

Joshua 14:9

And Moses swore on that day, saying, The land whereon thy feet have trodden shall assuredly be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever! for thou hast wholly followed Jehovah my God. Verse Concepts

Oath » Solomon confirms his word by

1 Kings 2:23

And king Solomon swore by Jehovah saying, God do so to me, and more also, Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life! Verse Concepts

Oath » Gehazi confirms his lie by

2 Kings 5:20

And Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman, this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought; but as Jehovah liveth, I will run after him and take somewhat of him. Verse Concepts

Oath » Joab confirms his word by

2 Samuel 19:7

But now arise, go forth, and speak consolingly to thy servants; for I swear by Jehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night; and that would be worse to thee than all the evil that has befallen thee from thy youth until now. Verse Concepts

Oath » Saul swears to jonathan

1 Samuel 19:6

And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death!

Oath » So does shimei

1 Kings 2:42

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make thee swear by Jehovah, and protest to thee, saying, Know for certain, that on the day thou goest forth, and walkest abroad anywhere, thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst to me, The word that I have heard is good. Verse Concepts

Oath » Elisha seals his vow to follow elijah by

2 Kings 2:2

And Elijah said to Elisha, Abide here, I pray thee; for Jehovah has sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee! So they went down to Bethel. Verse Concepts

Oath » The israelites swear in mizpeh

Judges 21:5

And the people of Israel said, "Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to the LORD?" For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the LORD to Mizpah, saying, "He shall be put to death." Verse Concepts

Oath » Ruth swears to naomi

Ruth 1:17

where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part me and thee! Verse Concepts

Oath » Boaz swears to ruth

Ruth 3:13

Stay over to-night, and it shall be in the morning, if he will redeem thee, well let him redeem; but if he like not to redeem thee, then will I redeem thee, as Jehovah liveth. Lie down until the morning. Verse Concepts

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