Thematic Bible: Oaths
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The Lord has taken an oath by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Truly, I will no longer give your grain to be food for your haters; and men of strange countries will not take the wine for which your work has been done:
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Oaths » God's
The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,
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And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest.
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The Lord has taken an oath by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Truly, I will no longer give your grain to be food for your haters; and men of strange countries will not take the wine for which your work has been done:
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The Lord has taken an oath, saying, My design will certainly come about, and my purpose will be effected:
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So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;
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Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,
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I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.
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And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest.
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Oaths » In covenants
And he said, Take an oath to me; and he took an oath to him: and Israel gave worship on the bed's head.
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Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly give effect to his word, and you are to take my bones away from here.
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And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.
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So Joshua made peace with them, and made an agreement with them that they were not to be put to death: and the chiefs of the people took an oath to them.
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May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.
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So King Zedekiah gave his oath to Jeremiah secretly, saying, By the living Lord, who gave us our life, I will not put you to death, or give you up to these men who are desiring to take your life.
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Oaths » Permitted in bearing witness
And it will be that, if they give their minds to learning the ways of my people, using my name in their oaths, By the living Lord; as they have been teaching my people to take oaths by the Baal; then their place will be made certain among my people.
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If he takes his oath before the Lord that he has not put his hand to his neighbour's goods, the owner is to take his word for it and he will not have to make payment for it.
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And he will make her take an oath, and say to her, If no man has been your lover and you have not been with another in place of your husband, you are free from this bitter water causing the curse;
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Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.
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If a man does wrong to his neighbour, and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:
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Oaths » Used for » Confirming covenants
And if it comes about that the name of Jonathan is cut off from the family of David, the Lord will make David responsible. And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.
And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;
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May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.
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Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.
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Oaths » The jews » Generally respected the obligation of
But the king did not give up Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the Lord's oath made between David and Jonathan, the son of Saul.
But all the chiefs said to the people, We have taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and so we may not put our hands on them. This is what we will do to them: we will not put them to death, for fear that wrath may come on us because of our oath to them.
And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;
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Oaths » Profane, forbidden
You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord
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But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.
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And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.
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But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;
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Oaths » The jews » To use God's name alone in
Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name.
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So that he who is requesting a blessing will make use of the name of the true God, and he who takes an oath will do so by the true God; because the past troubles are gone out of mind, and because they are covered from my eyes.
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Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.
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Oaths » Example of rash
And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob.
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But all the chiefs said to the people, We have taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and so we may not put our hands on them.
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And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom.
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But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order
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Oaths » Often accompanied by raising up the hand
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,
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Then in my hearing the man clothed in linen, who was over the river, lifting up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, took an oath by him who is living for ever that it would be a time, times, and a half; and when the power of the crusher of the holy people comes to an end, all these things will be ended.
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And the angel which I saw taking his position on the sea and on the earth, put up his right hand to heaven, And took his oath by him who is living for ever and ever, who made the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there would be no more waiting:
Oaths » Of allegiance
I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.
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Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the captains of hundreds of the Carians, and the armed men, and taking them into the house of the Lord, made an agreement with them, and made them take an oath in the house of the Lord, and let them see the king's son.
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And he took one of the sons of the king and made an agreement with him; and he put him under an oath, and took away the great men of the land:
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Oaths » God used, to show the immutability of his counsel
So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;
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Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,
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Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, as certainly as your words have come to my ears, so certainly will I do this to you:
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Oaths » The jews » Often guilty of falsely taking
Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;
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Or has taken a false oath about the loss of something which he has come across by chance; if a man has done any of these evil things,
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And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.
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Oaths » Antiquity of
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,
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And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;
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And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.
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Oaths » Used for » Deciding controversies in courts of law
If he takes his oath before the Lord that he has not put his hand to his neighbour's goods, the owner is to take his word for it and he will not have to make payment for it.
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And he will make her take an oath, and say to her, If no man has been your lover and you have not been with another in place of your husband, you are free from this bitter water causing the curse;
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If a man does wrong to his neighbour, and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:
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Oaths » The jews » Often guilty of rashly taking
And again he said with an oath, I have no knowledge of the man.
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What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.
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So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.
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Oaths » Binding to performance of any particular act
Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly give effect to his word, and you are to take my bones away from here.
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And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;
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So now, will you give me your oath by the Lord, that, because I have been kind to you, you will be kind to my father's house,
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Oaths » Used for » Binding to performance of sacred duties
And they made an oath to the Lord, with a loud voice, sounding wind-instruments and horns. And all Judah was glad because of the oath, for they had taken it with all their heart, turning to the Lord with all their desire; and he was with them and gave them rest on every side.
When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.
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Oaths » Instances of rash, &c » saul
But Jonathan, having no knowledge of the oath his father had put on the people, stretching out the rod which was in his hand, put the end of it in the honey, and put it to his mouth; then his eyes were made bright.
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And Saul said, May God's punishment be on me if death is not your fate, Jonathan.
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Oaths » Used for » Pledging allegiance to sovereigns
I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.
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Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the captains of hundreds of the Carians, and the armed men, and taking them into the house of the Lord, made an agreement with them, and made them take an oath in the house of the Lord, and let them see the king's son.
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Oaths » Expressions used as » As thy soul liveth
And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to the Lord here by your side:
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So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.
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Oaths » The jews » Forbidden to take false
Or has taken a false oath about the loss of something which he has come across by chance; if a man has done any of these evil things,
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Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.
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Oaths » Judicial from of administering
But Jesus said not a word. And the high priest said to him, I put you on oath, by the living God, that you will say to us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.
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Then the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?
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Oaths » Expressions used as » By the lord
So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my oath, that if you do not go out, not one of them will keep with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil which has overtaken you from your earliest years.
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Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you take an oath by the Lord, protesting to you and saying, Be certain that on the day when you go out from here, wherever you go, death will overtake you? and you said to me, Very well!
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Oaths » The jews » Forbidden to take in the name of any created thing
But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.
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But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God; Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King. You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.
Oaths » Often accompanied by placing the hand under the thigh of the person sworn to
And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:
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And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;
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Oaths » The jews » Condemned for false
And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
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And I will send it out, says the Lord of armies, and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of him who takes a false oath by my name: and it will be in his house, causing its complete destruction, with its woodwork and its stones.
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Oaths » The jews » Condemned for profane
For the land is full of men who are untrue to their wives; because of the curse the land is full of grief; the green fields of the waste land have become dry; and they are quick to do evil, their strength is for what is not right.
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There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.
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Oaths » Expressions used as » As the lord liveth
Take your rest here tonight; and in the morning, if he will do for you what it is right for a relation to do, very well, let him do so: but if he will not, then by the living Lord I myself will do so.
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And he said, They were my brothers, my mother's sons: by the life of the Lord, if you had kept them safe, I would not put you to death.
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Oaths » Expressions used as » I charge you by the lord
I give orders in the name of the Lord that all the brothers are to be present at the reading of this letter.
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Oaths » Expressions used as » God is witness
For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,
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Oaths » Expressions used as » I call God for a record
But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.
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Oaths » The jews » Fell into many errors respecting
A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible. You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy? And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible. read more.
You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it. And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.
You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it. And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.
Oaths » Custom of swearing by the life of the king
But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here. Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.
Oaths » To be taken in fear and reverence
Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it.
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Oaths » Instances of rash, &c » Jephthah
And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands, Then whoever comes out from the door of my house, meeting me when I come back in peace from the children of Ammon, will be the Lord's and I will give him as a burned offering. So Jephthah went over to the children of Ammon to make war on them; and the Lord gave them into his hands. read more.
And he made an attack on them from Aroer all the way to Minnith, overrunning twenty towns, as far as Abel-cheramim, and put great numbers to the sword. So the children of Ammon were crushed before the children of Israel. Then Jephthah came back to his house in Mizpah, and his daughter came out, meeting him on his way with music and with dances; she was his only child; he had no other sons or daughters. And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back. And she said to him, My father, you have made an oath to the Lord; do then to me whatever you have said; for the Lord has sent a full reward on your haters, on the children of Ammon.
And he made an attack on them from Aroer all the way to Minnith, overrunning twenty towns, as far as Abel-cheramim, and put great numbers to the sword. So the children of Ammon were crushed before the children of Israel. Then Jephthah came back to his house in Mizpah, and his daughter came out, meeting him on his way with music and with dances; she was his only child; he had no other sons or daughters. And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back. And she said to him, My father, you have made an oath to the Lord; do then to me whatever you have said; for the Lord has sent a full reward on your haters, on the children of Ammon.
Oaths » Instances of rash, &c » Joshua, &c
So Joshua made peace with them, and made an agreement with them that they were not to be put to death: and the chiefs of the people took an oath to them. Now three days after, when they had made this agreement with them, they had word that these men were their neighbours, living near them.
Oaths » Instances of rash, &c » Herod
So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for. And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist. And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;
Oaths » Expressions used as » Before God i lie not
Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true.
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Oaths » Expressions used as » God do so to thee, and more also
And he said, What did the Lord say to you? Do not keep it from me: may God's punishment be on you if you keep from me anything he said to you.
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Oaths » Expressions used as » By the fear of isaac
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.
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Oaths » The jews » Forbidden to take rash, or unholy
Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.
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Oaths » The jews » To take, in truth, judgment, &c
And you will take your oath, By the living Lord, in good faith and wisdom and righteousness; and the nations will make use of you as a blessing, and in you will they take a pride.
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Oaths » The lawful purpose of, explained
For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.
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Oaths » The jews » Forbidden to take, in name of idols
Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:
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Oaths » Instances of rash, &c » The jews who sought to kill paul
But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order
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Oaths » Expressions used as » The lord do so to me, and more also
Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death.
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