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Thematic Bible: Oaths


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Isaiah 62:8
The Lord has sworn with His right hand
and His strong arm:
I will no longer give your grain
to your enemies for food,
and foreigners will not drink your new wine
you have labored for.
 Verse ConceptsForeignersHandsOaths, DivineRedemption, In OtRight Hand Of GodForeigners SubduedGod Feeds All The EarthOvercoming EnemiesAliensSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

Luke 1:73
the oath that He swore to our father Abraham.
He has given us the privilege,
 Verse ConceptsAbraham, New Testament ReferencesGod Swearing Blessings

Psalm 95:11
So I swore in My anger,
“They will not enter My rest.” Verse ConceptsExclusionGod Swearing Harm

Isaiah 62:8
The Lord has sworn with His right hand
and His strong arm:
I will no longer give your grain
to your enemies for food,
and foreigners will not drink your new wine
you have labored for.
 Verse ConceptsForeignersHandsOaths, DivineRedemption, In OtRight Hand Of GodForeigners SubduedGod Feeds All The EarthOvercoming EnemiesAliensSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

Isaiah 14:24
The Lord of Hosts has sworn:

As I have purposed, so it will be;
as I have planned it, so it will happen.
 Verse ConceptsGod, Purpose OfGuidance, God's Promises OfStrength, DivineAssyria, Prophecies OfDeterminismEzekiel InvasionFuture PlansEverything Happening For A ReasonThoughtsLife Purposereassurance

Hebrews 6:17
Because God wanted to show His unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath, Verse ConceptsAdoption, descriptions ofAssurance, basis ofGuidance, God's Promises OfHeaven, Inheritance OfHeirsGod, Immutability OfInheritance, SpiritualParticipation, In ChristGod Is UnchangeableNames And Titles For The ChristianGod Swearing BlessingsGod's Promise To Abraham

Genesis 22:16
and said, “By Myself I have sworn,” this is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son, Verse ConceptsAbrahamChild sacrificeOaths, DivineThe Only ChildOnly Child Of PeopleGod HimselfNot SparingSwearingmyself

Psalm 89:35
Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.
 Verse ConceptsOaths, DivineHow God Can't Liewholeness

Hebrews 3:11
So I swore in My anger,
“They will not enter My rest.” Verse ConceptsSleeplessnessEntering LifeGod Swearing Harm

Genesis 47:31
And Jacob said, “Swear to me.” So Joseph swore to him. Then Israel bowed in thanks at the head of his bed. Verse ConceptsPromises, HumanStaffBeds

Genesis 50:25
So Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath: “When God comes to your aid, you are to carry my bones up from here.” Verse ConceptsBonesFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsLove, And The WorldExhumationsGod VisitingPeople Bound By Oaths

Genesis 26:31
They got up early in the morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace. Verse ConceptsSealing A CovenantRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyGoing In Peace

Joshua 9:15
So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them. Verse ConceptsCovenant RelationshipsSealing A CovenantAgreements, LegalKept Alive By Men

Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, and the gods of Nahor—the gods of their father—will judge between us.” And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod Is To Be Feared

Jeremiah 38:16
King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in private, “As the Lord lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you or hand you over to these men who want to take your life.” Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeOaths, HumanSecrecyGod Giving LifeKilling Prophets

Jeremiah 12:16
If they will diligently learn the ways of My people—to swear by My name, ‘As Yahweh lives,’ just as they taught My people to swear by Baal—they will be built up among My people. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanFollowers Of BaalSwearing BySwearing

Exodus 22:11
there must be an oath before the Lord between the two of them to determine whether or not he has taken his neighbor’s property. Its owner must accept the oath, and the other man does not have to make restitution. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanSwearing Oaths

Numbers 5:19
The priest will require the woman to take an oath and will say to her, ‘If no man has slept with you, if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, be unaffected by this bitter water that brings a curse. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanBitter WaterAbsence Of SexBad WaterUnpunishedPeople Bound By Oaths

Deuteronomy 6:13
Fear Yahweh your God, worship Him, and take your oaths in His name. Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodOaths, HumanPromises, HumanRightsServanthood, And Worship Of GodWorship, Reasons ForFear Of The LordFear Of GodMan's Conduct Towards GodSwearing ByFear God!Worship God!

1 Kings 8:31
When a man sins against his neighbor
and is forced to take an oath,
and he comes to take an oath
before Your altar in this temple,
 Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanSwearing Oaths

1 Samuel 20:16-17
Then Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the Lord hold David's enemies accountable." Jonathan once again swore to David in his love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.

Genesis 26:28
They replied, “We have clearly seen how the Lord has been with you. We think there should be an oath between two parties—between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you: Verse ConceptsGod With Specific People

Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, and the gods of Nahor—the gods of their father—will judge between us.” And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod Is To Be Feared

Genesis 31:44
Come now, let’s make a covenant, you and I. Let it be a witness between the two of us.” Verse ConceptsCovenant RelationshipsThings As WitnessesUnable To Do Other Thingscovenant

Psalm 15:4
who despises the one rejected by the Lord
but honors those who fear the Lord,
who keeps his word whatever the cost,
 Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourEvil AssociationsSwearing OathsDespising PeopleThe Honourable Will Be HonouredHurtSwearinghurting

2 Samuel 21:7
David spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul’s son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord that was between David and Jonathan, Saul’s son.

Joshua 9:19-20
All the leaders answered them, "We have sworn an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them. This is how we will treat them: we will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them."

Matthew 14:9
Although the king regretted it, he commanded that it be granted because of his oaths and his guests. Verse ConceptsGuestsSwearing OathsOther Sad PeopleThe King's OrdersBirthdays Celebrated

Exodus 20:7
Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.
 Verse ConceptsBad Languageethics, personalGod, The LordGod, Zeal OfIrreverenceLaw, Ten CommandmentsOaths, HumanPromises, HumanRespect, For God's CharacterSpeech, Negative Aspects OfCursingCrude LanguageSwearing Being ForbiddenProfaning God's NameUseless Words And ThinkingMisusing God's NameSocial dutiesSwearingjoking

James 5:12
Now above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. Your “yes” must be “yes,” and your “no” must be “no,” so that you won’t fall under judgment. Verse ConceptsBad LanguageConsistencyAffirmationsethics, personalOaths, HumanAffirmative ActionConversationHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansCursingSwearing Being ForbiddenAssentingDissentSwearing OathsNot Swearing OathsNo CondemnationSwearing

Leviticus 19:12
You must not swear falsely by My name, profaning the name of your God; I am Yahweh. Verse ConceptsBad Languageethics, personalClaimsGod, The LordIrreverenceOaths, HumanPerjuryProfanityPromises, HumanRespect, For God's CharacterSpeech, Negative Aspects OfWitnesses, FalseCursingSwearing Being ForbiddenNot Swearing OathsProfaning God's NameI Am The LordSwearing

Matthew 5:34
But I tell you, don’t take an oath at all: either by heaven, because it is God’s throne; Verse Conceptsethics, personalGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, God's ThroneHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansSwearing Being ForbiddenNot Swearing OathsDifferent TeachingsEarthSwearingEthics

Deuteronomy 10:20
You are to fear Yahweh your God and worship Him. Remain faithful to Him and take oaths in His name. Verse ConceptsHolding FastClinging To GodSwearing ByFear God!Swearing

Isaiah 65:16
Whoever is blessed in the land
will be blessed by the God of truth,
and whoever swears in the land
will swear by the God of truth.
For the former troubles will be forgotten
and hidden from My sight. Verse ConceptsLeaving The Past BehindPast, TheGod Is TruthfulBeing Hidden From GodHidden From GodSwearing ByFamily ProblemsBlessing OthersSwearing

Deuteronomy 6:13
Fear Yahweh your God, worship Him, and take your oaths in His name. Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodOaths, HumanPromises, HumanRightsServanthood, And Worship Of GodWorship, Reasons ForFear Of The LordFear Of GodMan's Conduct Towards GodSwearing ByFear God!Worship God!

Genesis 25:33
Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore to Jacob and sold his birthright to him. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanYielding To Temptation

Joshua 9:19
All the leaders answered them, “We have sworn an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them. Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsTouchUnable To Harm

Mark 6:23
So he swore oaths to her: “Whatever you ask me I will give you, up to half my kingdom.” Verse ConceptsFractions, One HalfHalf Of Districts

Acts 23:21
Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than 40 of them arranging to ambush him, men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they kill him. Now they are ready, waiting for a commitment from you.” Verse ConceptsPeople WaitingAmbushPreparing For ActionFortiesAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDo Not Listen!Vowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths

Genesis 14:22
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand in an oath to Yahweh, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, Verse ConceptsPromises, HumanGod On HighAll Things Belong To God

Daniel 12:7
Then I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river. He raised both his hands toward heaven and swore by Him who lives eternally that it would be for a time, times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people is shattered, all these things will be completed. Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansThree And A Half YearsLeft HandsLifting HandsSwearing ByUnable To Do Other Things

Revelation 10:5-6
Then the angel that I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. He swore an oath by the One who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it: "There will no longer be an interval of time,

Ecclesiastes 8:2
Keep the king’s command because of your oath made before God. Verse ConceptsCivic DutiesCitizenshipSwearing OathsObeying People

2 Kings 11:4
Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent messengers and brought in the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards. He had them come to him in the Lord’s temple, where he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son Verse ConceptsSealing A CovenantCommanderMercenariesOaths, HumanCovenant RelationshipsPeople Made Known

Ezekiel 17:13
He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he took away the leading men of the land, Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanPeople Exiledroyalty

Hebrews 6:17
Because God wanted to show His unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath, Verse ConceptsAdoption, descriptions ofAssurance, basis ofGuidance, God's Promises OfHeaven, Inheritance OfHeirsGod, Immutability OfInheritance, SpiritualParticipation, In ChristGod Is UnchangeableNames And Titles For The ChristianGod Swearing BlessingsGod's Promise To Abraham

Genesis 22:16
and said, “By Myself I have sworn,” this is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son, Verse ConceptsAbrahamChild sacrificeOaths, DivineThe Only ChildOnly Child Of PeopleGod HimselfNot SparingSwearingmyself

Numbers 14:28
Tell them: As surely as I live,” this is the Lord’s declaration, “I will do to you exactly as I heard you say. Verse Conceptsexploring

Jeremiah 7:9
“Do you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known? Verse ConceptsAdulterersBaal Worship, HistoryBaal Worship, Nature OfUnknown GodsSwearing Oaths FalselyDifferent GodsAvoid AdulteryDo Not StealJudged As MurderersThose Who Committed Adulteryadultry

Leviticus 6:3
or finds something lost and lies about it; or swears falsely about any of the sinful things a person may do— Verse ConceptsFinding ThingsSwearing Oaths FalselyAvoiding Deceitlosing a loved oneMissing SomeoneBeing LostFeeling LostSwearingLoss Of A Loved OneLosing Someone

Jeremiah 5:2
When they say, “As the Lord lives,”
they are swearing falsely.
 Verse ConceptsPerjurySwearing Oaths Falsely

Genesis 14:22
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand in an oath to Yahweh, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, Verse ConceptsPromises, HumanGod On HighAll Things Belong To God

Genesis 24:3
and I will have you swear by the Lord, God of heaven and God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live, Verse ConceptsdaughtersGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansWives, Duties OfIntermarriageSwearing

Genesis 24:8
If the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are free from this oath to me, but don’t let my son go back there.” Verse ConceptsReturning to the oldPeople Unwilling

Exodus 22:11
there must be an oath before the Lord between the two of them to determine whether or not he has taken his neighbor’s property. Its owner must accept the oath, and the other man does not have to make restitution. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanSwearing Oaths

Numbers 5:19
The priest will require the woman to take an oath and will say to her, ‘If no man has slept with you, if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, be unaffected by this bitter water that brings a curse. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanBitter WaterAbsence Of SexBad WaterUnpunishedPeople Bound By Oaths

1 Kings 8:31
When a man sins against his neighbor
and is forced to take an oath,
and he comes to take an oath
before Your altar in this temple,
 Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanSwearing Oaths

Matthew 26:72
And again he denied it with an oath, “I don’t know the man!” Verse ConceptsLying, Examples OfNot Knowing About ChristMental Abusedenial

Judges 21:7
What should we do about wives for the survivors? We’ve sworn to the Lord not to give them any of our daughters as wives.” Verse ConceptsWives For Benjamin

Matthew 14:7
So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersPeople Promising

Genesis 50:25
So Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath: “When God comes to your aid, you are to carry my bones up from here.” Verse ConceptsBonesFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsLove, And The WorldExhumationsGod VisitingPeople Bound By Oaths

Genesis 24:3
and I will have you swear by the Lord, God of heaven and God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live, Verse ConceptsdaughtersGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansWives, Duties OfIntermarriageSwearing

Joshua 2:12
Now please swear to me by the Lord that you will also show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign Verse ConceptsSwearing

2 Chronicles 15:14-15
They took an oath to the Lord in a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with rams' horns. All Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their mind. They had sought Him with all their heart, and He was found by them. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.

Numbers 30:2
When a man makes a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to put himself under an obligation, he must not break his word; he must do whatever he has promised. Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsCovenant breakersFaithfulness, To GodFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsGuaranteeOaths, HumanPerjuryPledgesUnfaithfulness, To PeopleVowsVowsBindingMaking VowsSwearingfreemasonry

1 Samuel 14:27
However, Jonathan had not heard his father make the troops swear the oath. He reached out with the end of the staff he was carrying and dipped it into the honeycomb. When he ate the honey, he had renewed energy. Verse ConceptsRevival, PersonalStaffHoneyRodsGood EyesPeople Refreshed

1 Samuel 14:44
Saul declared to him, “May God punish me and do so severely if you do not die, Jonathan!” Verse ConceptsDeath As Punishment

Ecclesiastes 8:2
Keep the king’s command because of your oath made before God. Verse ConceptsCivic DutiesCitizenshipSwearing OathsObeying People

2 Kings 11:4
Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent messengers and brought in the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards. He had them come to him in the Lord’s temple, where he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son Verse ConceptsSealing A CovenantCommanderMercenariesOaths, HumanCovenant RelationshipsPeople Made Known

1 Samuel 1:26
“Please, my lord,” she said, “as sure as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord. Verse ConceptsPrayer, Practicalities OfStandingThis Is Me

1 Samuel 25:26
Now my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, it is the Lord who kept you from participating in bloodshed and avenging yourself by your own hand. May your enemies and those who want trouble for my lord be like Nabal. Verse ConceptsSheddingRestraints From KillingNot Avenging

Leviticus 6:3
or finds something lost and lies about it; or swears falsely about any of the sinful things a person may do— Verse ConceptsFinding ThingsSwearing Oaths FalselyAvoiding Deceitlosing a loved oneMissing SomeoneBeing LostFeeling LostSwearingLoss Of A Loved OneLosing Someone

Zechariah 8:17
Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love perjury, for I hate all this”—this is the Lord’s declaration. Verse ConceptsFalse Witnesses, Defined AsPromises, HumanEvil PlansSin, And God's CharacterGod Hating Things

Matthew 26:63
But Jesus kept silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “By the living God I place You under oath: tell us if You are the Messiah, the Son of God!” Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingSilenceSpeech, Power And Significance OfAdjurationChrist Being SilentWho Is Jesus?Called Himself The ChristRivers

1 Kings 22:16
But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of Yahweh?” Verse ConceptsAdjurationGod's Word Is True

2 Samuel 19:7
“Now get up! Go out and encourage your soldiers, for I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the trouble that has come to you from your youth until now!” Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofTreatment From YouthGet Up!Scattering Followers

1 Kings 2:42
So the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Didn’t I make you swear by the Lord and warn you, saying, ‘On the day you leave and go anywhere else, know for sure that you will certainly die’? And you said to me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will obey.’ Verse ConceptsAssentingKings SummoningPeople Bound By Oaths

James 5:12
Now above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. Your “yes” must be “yes,” and your “no” must be “no,” so that you won’t fall under judgment. Verse ConceptsBad LanguageConsistencyAffirmationsethics, personalOaths, HumanAffirmative ActionConversationHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansCursingSwearing Being ForbiddenAssentingDissentSwearing OathsNot Swearing OathsNo CondemnationSwearing

Matthew 5:34-36
But I tell you, don't take an oath at all: either by heaven, because it is God's throne; or by the earth, because it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. Neither should you swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.

Genesis 24:2
Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his household who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh, Verse ConceptsThighsinvesting

Genesis 47:29
When the time drew near for him to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise me that you will deal with me in kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt. Verse ConceptsKindnessLoyaltyA Time To DieThighsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenImmigrants

Malachi 3:5
“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner. They do not fear Me,” says the Lord of Hosts. Verse ConceptsAdultery, Consequences OfGod, Righteousness OfInjustice, Hated By GodMastersMoney, Stewardship OfOppression, Nature OfOrphansPerjuryPoverty, Attitudes TowardsRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfSexual Sin, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfSuffering, Of The InnocentWagesWidowsAliens, God's AttitudeHirelingsDivinationStrangersEmployersThreateningsOppressing ForeignersSpeedThe Witness Of GodThose OppressedAdulteryNo Fear Of GodNot Helping WidowsSorceryImmigrantswitches

Zechariah 5:4
I will send it out,”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name. It will stay inside his house and destroy it along with its timbers and stones.” Verse ConceptsSwearing Oaths FalselyBuilding Stones RejectedHouses Under AttackWood And StoneSwearingflyingthieves

Jeremiah 23:10
For the land is full of adulterers;
the land mourns because of the curse,
and the grazing lands in the wilderness have dried up.
Their way of life has become evil,
and their power is not rightly used
 Verse ConceptsBad LanguagedrynessPower, HumanCursingDry PlacesDrawbacks To Man's PowerSwearingAbuseadultry

Hosea 4:2
Cursing, lying, murder, stealing,
and adultery are rampant;
one act of bloodshed follows another.
 Verse ConceptsAdulterersDebaucheryStealingCrude LanguageNot Swearing OathsThose Who Committed AdulterySwearingadultry

Ruth 3:13
Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, that’s good. Let him redeem you. But if he doesn’t want to redeem you, as the Lord lives, I will. Now lie down until morning.” Verse ConceptsSexual Chastity Examples Of

Judges 8:19
So he said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother! As the Lord lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.” Verse ConceptsKept Alive By MenRestraints From Killinggideon

1 Thessalonians 5:27
I charge you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the brothers. Verse ConceptsReadingLettersLiteracyNames And Titles For The ChristianAdjurationReading Other Matter

1 Thessalonians 2:5
For we never used flattering speech, as you know, or had greedy motives—God is our witness— Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofCloaksGreed, Believers' Response ToAppealing To GodThe Witness Of GodCovetousnessGreedmotives

2 Corinthians 1:23
I call on God as a witness, on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth. Verse ConceptsAppealing To GodThe Witness Of God

Matthew 23:16-22
"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever takes an oath by the sanctuary, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gold of the sanctuary is bound by his oath.' Blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the sanctuary that sanctified the gold? Also, 'Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gift that is on it is bound by his oath.' read more.
Blind people! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? Therefore the one who takes an oath by the altar takes an oath by it and by everything on it. The one who takes an oath by the sanctuary takes an oath by it and by Him who dwells in it. And the one who takes an oath by heaven takes an oath by God's throne and by Him who sits on it.

Genesis 42:15-16
This is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here. Send one of your number to get your brother. The rest of you will be imprisoned so that your words can be tested to see if they are true. If they are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!"

Ecclesiastes 9:2
Everything is the same for everyone: there is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as for the one who takes an oath, so for the one who fears an oath. Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeNot Swearing OathsClean And Unclean

Judges 11:30-36
Jephthah made this vow to the Lord: "If You will hand over the Ammonites to me, whatever comes out of the doors of my house to greet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites will belong to the Lord, and I will offer it as a burnt offering." Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the Lord handed them over to him. read more.
He defeated 20 of their cities with a great slaughter from Aroer all the way to the entrance of Minnith and to Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites. When Jephthah went to his home in Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no other son or daughter besides her. When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, "No! [Not] my daughter! You have devastated me! You have brought great misery on me. I have given my word to the Lord and cannot take [it] back." Then she said to him, "My father, you have given your word to the Lord. Do to me as you have said, for the Lord brought vengeance on your enemies, the Ammonites."

Joshua 9:15-16
So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them. Three days after making the treaty with them, they heard that the Gibeonites were their neighbors, living among them.

Matthew 14:7-9
So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. And prompted by her mother, she answered, "Give me John the Baptist's head here on a platter!" Although the king regretted it, he commanded that it be granted because of his oaths and his guests.

Galatians 1:20
Now I am not lying in what I write to you. God is my witness. Verse ConceptsWriting LettersNot LyingTelling The Truthlieing

1 Samuel 3:17
“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Don’t hide it from me. May God punish you and do so severely if you hide anything from me that He told you.” Verse ConceptsGod's Things Concealed

Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, and the gods of Nahor—the gods of their father—will judge between us.” And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod Is To Be Feared

Leviticus 5:4
Or if someone swears rashly to do what is good or evil—concerning anything a person may speak rashly in an oath—without being aware of it, but later recognizes it, he incurs guilt in such an instance. Verse ConceptsCarelessnessOaths, HumanAbsence Of ThoughtSin Made KnownSwearing Oaths FalselyRash PeopleSwearing

Jeremiah 4:2
then you can swear, “As the Lord lives,”
in truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
then the nations will be blessed by Him
and will pride themselves in Him. Verse ConceptsSwearing

Hebrews 6:16
For men swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute. Verse ConceptsConfirmationSwearing OathsSwearing BySwearing

Joshua 23:7
and so that you do not associate with these nations remaining among you. Do not call on the names of their gods or make an oath to them; do not worship them or bow down to them. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessParticipation, In SinServanthood, And Worship Of GodSteadfastnessNot Swearing OathsAvoiding ForeignersDo Not Have Other gods

Acts 23:21
Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than 40 of them arranging to ambush him, men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they kill him. Now they are ready, waiting for a commitment from you.” Verse ConceptsPeople WaitingAmbushPreparing For ActionFortiesAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDo Not Listen!Vowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths

Ruth 1:17
Where you die, I will die,
and there I will be buried.
May Yahweh punish me,
and do so severely,
if anything but death separates you and me. Verse ConceptsThe DeadPromises, HumanResigned To DeathAnother's Burial Place

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