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Thematic Bible: Oaths


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Isaiah 62:8
Jehovah has sworn with his right hand and with his mighty arm (of power): I will never again let your enemies eat your grain, nor will foreigners drink the new wine that you produced. Verse ConceptsForeignersHandsOaths, DivineRedemption, In OtRight Hand Of GodForeigners SubduedGod Feeds All The EarthOvercoming EnemiesAliensSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

Luke 1:73
It was the oath he spoke to Abraham our father. Verse ConceptsAbraham, New Testament ReferencesGod Swearing Blessings

Psalm 95:11
I swore to them in my anger that they should not enter into my rest. Verse ConceptsExclusionGod Swearing Harm

Isaiah 62:8
Jehovah has sworn with his right hand and with his mighty arm (of power): I will never again let your enemies eat your grain, nor will foreigners drink the new wine that you produced. Verse ConceptsForeignersHandsOaths, DivineRedemption, In OtRight Hand Of GodForeigners SubduedGod Feeds All The EarthOvercoming EnemiesAliensSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

Isaiah 14:24
Jehovah of Hosts has sworn an oath: What I have intended (devised) will happen. What I have determined to do will be done. Verse ConceptsGod, Purpose OfGuidance, God's Promises OfStrength, DivineAssyria, Prophecies OfDeterminismEzekiel InvasionFuture PlansEverything Happening For A ReasonThoughtsLife Purposereassurance

Hebrews 6:17
When God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he confirmed 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
He said: I am taking an oath on my own name, declares Jehovah, that because you have done this and have not refused to give me your son, your only son, Verse ConceptsAbrahamChild sacrificeOaths, DivineThe Only ChildOnly Child Of PeopleGod HimselfNot SparingSwearingmyself

Psalm 89:35
On my holiness I have taken an oath: 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 into my rest.' Verse ConceptsSleeplessnessEntering LifeGod Swearing Harm

Genesis 47:31
Jacob said: Make a vow that you will. Joseph made the vow. Jacob gave thanks there on his bed. Verse ConceptsPromises, HumanStaffBeds

Genesis 50:25
Promise me that you will take my body with you when God leads you to that land. Verse ConceptsBonesFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsLove, And The WorldExhumationsGod VisitingPeople Bound By Oaths

Genesis 26:31
Early the next morning each man made his promise and sealed it with a vow. Isaac said good-bye to them. They parted as friends. Verse ConceptsSealing A CovenantRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyGoing In Peace

Joshua 9:15
Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live. The leaders of the congregation ratified it by an oath. Verse ConceptsCovenant RelationshipsSealing A CovenantAgreements, LegalKept Alive By Men

Genesis 31:53
May the God of Abraham and Nahor the God of their father judge between us. So Jacob swore this oath out of respect for his father Isaac. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod Is To Be Feared

Jeremiah 38:16
So King Zedekiah promised me in secret: I swear by the living God, the God who gave us life, that I will not put you to death or hand you over to the men who want to kill you. Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeOaths, HumanSecrecyGod Giving LifeKilling Prophets

Jeremiah 12:16
If with all their hearts they will accept the religion of my people and will swear: As Jehovah lives, as they once taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will also be a part of my people and will prosper. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanFollowers Of BaalSwearing BySwearing

Exodus 22:11
The case between them must be settled by swearing an oath to Jehovah that the neighbor did not take the other person's animal. The owner must accept the oath. The neighbor does not have to make up for the loss. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanSwearing Oaths

Numbers 5:19
The priest will say to her: 'If no other man has had sexual intercourse with you and you have not been unfaithful to your husband, you are not guilty. This bitter water that can bring a curse will not harm you. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanBitter WaterAbsence Of SexBad WaterUnpunishedPeople Bound By Oaths

Deuteronomy 6:13
You must respect Jehovah your God. Serve him and swear by 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 person is accused of wronging another and is brought to your altar in this Temple to take an oath that he is innocent, Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanSwearing Oaths

1 Samuel 20:16-17
May our promise to each other still be unbroken. If it is broken, Jehovah will punish you. Once again Jonathan made David promise to love him. Jonathan loved David as much as he loved himself.

Genesis 26:28
They answered: Now we know that Jehovah is with you. We think that there should be a solemn agreement between us. We want you to promise Verse ConceptsGod With Specific People

Genesis 31:53
May the God of Abraham and Nahor the God of their father judge between us. So Jacob swore this oath out of respect for his father Isaac. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod Is To Be Feared

Genesis 31:44
Now, let us make an agreement (covenant) and let it stand as a witness between you and me. Verse ConceptsCovenant RelationshipsThings As WitnessesUnable To Do Other Thingscovenant

Psalm 15:4
The one who despises those rejected by God but honors those who reverence (respect) Jehovah. The one who makes a promise and does not break it even though he is hurt by it. Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourEvil AssociationsSwearing OathsDespising PeopleThe Honourable Will Be HonouredHurtSwearinghurting

2 Samuel 21:7
David made a promise to Jonathan with Jehovah as his witness. He spared Jonathan's son Mephibosheth, the grandson of Saul.

Joshua 9:19-20
But all the leaders said to the entire congregation: We have sworn to them by Jehovah the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. 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.

Matthew 14:9
The king was grieved. He gave his oath and many were watching so he commanded that it be done. Verse ConceptsGuestsSwearing OathsOther Sad PeopleThe King's OrdersBirthdays Celebrated

Exodus 20:7
Never use the name of Jehovah your God in a false and evil way. Jehovah will make sure that anyone who is false, evil, careless and vain with his name will be punished. 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
Above all things, my brothers do not swear by heaven, or by earth, or by any other oath. Let your Yes be Yes and your No be No. That way you will not fall under judgment. Verse ConceptsBad LanguageConsistencyAffirmationsethics, personalOaths, HumanAffirmative ActionConversationHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansCursingSwearing Being ForbiddenAssentingDissentSwearing OathsNot Swearing OathsNo CondemnationSwearing

Leviticus 19:12
Do not swear falsely by my name, so as to profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah. 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
I tell you, offer no promises at all, not 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
Respect Jehovah your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name. Verse ConceptsHolding FastClinging To GodSwearing ByFear God!Swearing

Isaiah 65:16
Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of (amen, so be it) truth; he who takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes. Verse ConceptsLeaving The Past BehindPast, TheGod Is TruthfulBeing Hidden From GodHidden From GodSwearing ByFamily ProblemsBlessing OthersSwearing

Deuteronomy 6:13
You must respect Jehovah your God. Serve him and swear by 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 answered: First make a vow that you will give me your birthright. Esau made the vow and gave his rights as firstborn to Jacob. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanYielding To Temptation

Joshua 9:19
But all the leaders said to the entire congregation: We have sworn to them by Jehovah the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsTouchUnable To Harm

Mark 6:23
He pledged to her, Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom. Verse ConceptsFractions, One HalfHalf Of Districts

Acts 23:21
Do not give in to them. There are more than forty men lying in wait for him. They are united with an oath that they will neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready and looking for a promise 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 sworn to Jehovah, God Most High, maker of heaven and earth: Verse ConceptsPromises, HumanGod On HighAll Things Belong To God

Daniel 12:7
I heard the man clothed in linen, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him that lives forever: It will be for three and one half years; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things will be finished. Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansThree And A Half YearsLeft HandsLifting HandsSwearing ByUnable To Do Other Things

Revelation 10:5-6
The angel I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth raised his hand to heaven. And he swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that are in it, and the earth, and the things that are in it, and the sea, and the things there, that there would be no more delay.

Ecclesiastes 8:2
I counsel you: Keep the king's command because of the oath before God. Verse ConceptsCivic DutiesCitizenshipSwearing OathsObeying People

2 Kings 11:4
In the seventh year Jehoiada the priest sent for the officers in charge of the royal bodyguard and of the palace guards, and told them to come to the Temple. He made them agree under oath to what he planned to do. He showed them King Ahaziah's son Joash 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. He also took away the mighty of the land, Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanPeople Exiledroyalty

Hebrews 6:17
When God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he confirmed 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
He said: I am taking an oath on my own name, declares Jehovah, that because you have done this and have not refused to give me your son, your only son, Verse ConceptsAbrahamChild sacrificeOaths, DivineThe Only ChildOnly Child Of PeopleGod HimselfNot SparingSwearingmyself

Numbers 14:28
Therefore tell them: 'As I live, declares Jehovah, I solemnly swear I will do everything to you that you said I would do. Verse Conceptsexploring

Jeremiah 7:9
Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after 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
If you find something that someone lost and lie about it under oath, or commit any other sin like this, Verse ConceptsFinding ThingsSwearing Oaths FalselyAvoiding Deceitlosing a loved oneMissing SomeoneBeing LostFeeling LostSwearingLoss Of A Loved OneLosing Someone

Jeremiah 5:2
Even though you claim to worship Jehovah, you do not mean what you say. Verse ConceptsPerjurySwearing Oaths Falsely

Genesis 14:22
But Abram said to the king of Sodom: I have sworn to Jehovah, God Most High, maker of heaven and earth: Verse ConceptsPromises, HumanGod On HighAll Things Belong To God

Genesis 24:3
I want you to swear by Jehovah God of heaven and earth that you will not get my son a wife from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living. Verse ConceptsdaughtersGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansWives, Duties OfIntermarriageSwearing

Genesis 24:8
You will be free from this oath if the woman is not willing to follow you. Only do not take my son back there. Verse ConceptsReturning to the oldPeople Unwilling

Exodus 22:11
The case between them must be settled by swearing an oath to Jehovah that the neighbor did not take the other person's animal. The owner must accept the oath. The neighbor does not have to make up for the loss. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanSwearing Oaths

Numbers 5:19
The priest will say to her: 'If no other man has had sexual intercourse with you and you have not been unfaithful to your husband, you are not guilty. This bitter water that can bring a curse will not harm you. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanBitter WaterAbsence Of SexBad WaterUnpunishedPeople Bound By Oaths

1 Kings 8:31
When a person is accused of wronging another and is brought to your altar in this Temple to take an oath that he is innocent, Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanSwearing Oaths

Matthew 26:72
Again he denied with an oath: I have no knowledge of the man. Verse ConceptsLying, Examples OfNot Knowing About ChristMental Abusedenial

Judges 21:7
We have made a solemn promise to Jehovah that we will not give them any of our daughters. How can we make sure that the remaining men of Benjamin will have wives? Verse ConceptsWives For Benjamin

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

Genesis 50:25
Promise me that you will take my body with you when God leads you to that land. Verse ConceptsBonesFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsLove, And The WorldExhumationsGod VisitingPeople Bound By Oaths

Genesis 24:3
I want you to swear by Jehovah God of heaven and earth that you will not get my son a wife from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living. Verse ConceptsdaughtersGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansWives, Duties OfIntermarriageSwearing

Joshua 2:12
I pray that you will swear to me by Jehovah, since I have showed you kindness that you will also show kindness to my father's house, and give me a true token(sign) (pledge of truth); Verse ConceptsSwearing

2 Chronicles 15:14-15
Asa and the people swore their oath to Jehovah with shouts, singing, and the blowing of trumpets and rams' horns. All the people of Judah were overjoyed because of the oath. They took the oath wholeheartedly. They took great pleasure in looking for Jehovah. And he let them find him. So Jehovah surrounded them with rest and peace.

Numbers 30:2
If a man makes a vow to Jehovah that he will do something or swears an oath that he will not do something, he must not break his word. He must do everything he said he would do. Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsCovenant breakersFaithfulness, To GodFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsGuaranteeOaths, HumanPerjuryPledgesUnfaithfulness, To PeopleVowsVowsBindingMaking VowsSwearingfreemasonry

1 Samuel 14:27
Jonathan had not heard that his father forced the people to take an oath. So he stretched out the tip of the staff he had in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he put it to his mouth his eyes lit up. Verse ConceptsRevival, PersonalStaffHoneyRodsGood EyesPeople Refreshed

1 Samuel 14:44
Saul said: May God strike me dead if you are not put to death! Verse ConceptsDeath As Punishment

Ecclesiastes 8:2
I counsel you: Keep the king's command because of the oath before God. Verse ConceptsCivic DutiesCitizenshipSwearing OathsObeying People

2 Kings 11:4
In the seventh year Jehoiada the priest sent for the officers in charge of the royal bodyguard and of the palace guards, and told them to come to the Temple. He made them agree under oath to what he planned to do. He showed them King Ahaziah's son Joash Verse ConceptsSealing A CovenantCommanderMercenariesOaths, HumanCovenant RelationshipsPeople Made Known

1 Samuel 1:26
Hannah said to him: My lord. Do you remember me? I am the woman you saw standing here, praying to Jehovah. Verse ConceptsPrayer, Practicalities OfStandingThis Is Me

1 Samuel 25:26
Jehovah kept you from spilling innocent blood and from getting a victory by your own efforts. As Jehovah lives and you live, may your enemies and those who are trying to harm you end up like Nabal. Verse ConceptsSheddingRestraints From KillingNot Avenging

Leviticus 6:3
If you find something that someone lost and lie about it under oath, or commit any other sin like this, Verse ConceptsFinding ThingsSwearing Oaths FalselyAvoiding Deceitlosing a loved oneMissing SomeoneBeing LostFeeling LostSwearingLoss Of A Loved OneLosing Someone

Zechariah 8:17
Let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor. Do not love a false oath (perjury): for all these are things that I hate, said Jehovah. Verse ConceptsFalse Witnesses, Defined AsPromises, HumanEvil PlansSin, And God's CharacterGod Hating Things

Matthew 26:63
Jesus said nothing. The high priest said to him: I put you on oath, by the living God, that you will tell us if you are the Christ, 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 Ahab replied: Tell the truth when you speak to me in the name of Jehovah! How many times do I have to tell you that? Verse ConceptsAdjurationGod's Word Is True

2 Samuel 19:7
Now stand up! Go out there and thank them for what they did. If you do not, I swear by Jehovah you will not even have one man left on your side tomorrow morning. You may have had a lot of troubles in the past. But this will be the worst thing that has ever happened to you! Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofTreatment From YouthGet Up!Scattering Followers

1 Kings 2:42
he sent for him and said: I made you promise in Jehovah's name not to leave Jerusalem. I warned you that if you ever did, you would die. Did you not agree to it and say that you would obey me? Verse ConceptsAssentingKings SummoningPeople Bound By Oaths

James 5:12
Above all things, my brothers do not swear by heaven, or by earth, or by any other oath. Let your Yes be Yes and your No be No. That way you will not fall under judgment. Verse ConceptsBad LanguageConsistencyAffirmationsethics, personalOaths, HumanAffirmative ActionConversationHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansCursingSwearing Being ForbiddenAssentingDissentSwearing OathsNot Swearing OathsNo CondemnationSwearing

Matthew 5:34-36
I tell you, offer no promises at all, not by heaven, because it is God's throne. Not by earth, for it is the footstool under His feet. Not by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not promise by your head, for you cannot even control the hair on your head.

Genesis 24:2
Abraham said to the senior servant of his household who was in charge of all that he owned: Take a solemn oath. Verse ConceptsThighsinvesting

Genesis 47:29
When the time drew near for him to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him: Place your hand under my thighs and make a solemn vow that you will not bury me in Egypt. Verse ConceptsKindnessLoyaltyA Time To DieThighsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenImmigrants

Malachi 3:5
I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence, said Jehovah 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 cause it to happen, said Jehovah of Hosts, and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of he who swears falsely by my name. The curse will abide in the midst of his house and will consume it with the timber and the stones of the house. Verse ConceptsSwearing Oaths FalselyBuilding Stones RejectedHouses Under AttackWood And StoneSwearingflyingthieves

Jeremiah 23:10
The land is full of adulterers! The land mourns because of the curse. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course also is evil and their might is not right. Verse ConceptsBad LanguagedrynessPower, HumanCursingDry PlacesDrawbacks To Man's PowerSwearingAbuseadultry

Hosea 4:2
They do nothing but swear, deceive, kill, steal and commit adultery! There is violence and bloodshed in the land. Verse ConceptsAdulterersDebaucheryStealingCrude LanguageNot Swearing OathsThose Who Committed AdulterySwearingadultry

Ruth 3:13
Rest here tonight. In the morning, if he wants to redeem you, for it is right for a relation to do this, very well, let him do so. But if he will not, then as surely as Jehovah lives, I will do so. Verse ConceptsSexual Chastity Examples Of

Judges 8:19
He said: They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Jehovah lives, if you had saved them alive, I will not kill you. Verse ConceptsKept Alive By MenRestraints From Killinggideon

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

1 Thessalonians 2:5
You know very well that we did not come to you with flattering talk (praise for selfish gain). We did not use words to cover up greed (insatiable desire for wealth). God is our witness! Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofCloaksGreed, Believers' Response ToAppealing To GodThe Witness Of GodCovetousnessGreedmotives

2 Corinthians 1:23
But I call God for a witness against me. To spare you I did not come to Corinth. Verse ConceptsAppealing To GodThe Witness Of God

Matthew 23:16-22
Woe to you, you blind guides! You say, 'When you swear by the temple, it is nothing.' Then you say, 'When you swear by the gold of the temple, you are obligated.' You fools! You blind men! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold? When you swear by an altar, you owe nothing. When you swear by the gift left on the altar, you are obligated. read more.
You blind men! What is more important, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? He who swears by the altar, swears by it and everything on it. He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him that dwells within it. Thus, he who swears by heaven also swears by the throne of God and him who sits on it.

Genesis 42:15-16
This is how you will be tested: I swear by the name of the king that you will never leave unless your youngest brother comes here. One of you must go and get him. The rest of you will be kept under guard until the truth of what you say can be tested. Otherwise, as sure as the king lives, you are spies.

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. Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeNot Swearing OathsClean And Unclean

Judges 11:30-36
Jephthah promised Jehovah: If you give me victory over the Ammonites, I will sacrifice with a burnt offering the first person that comes out of my house to meet me, when I return from the victory. I will offer that person to you as a sacrifice. (Jeremiah 19:5) Jephthah crossed the river to fight the Ammonites, and Jehovah gave him victory. read more.
He struck at them from Aroer to the area around Minnith, twenty cities in all, and as far as Abel Keramim. It was a great slaughter. The Ammonites were defeated by Israel. Jephthah went back home to Mizpah. His daughter came out to meet him, dancing and playing the tambourine. She was his only child. When he saw her, he ripped his clothes in sorrow and said: Oh, my daughter! My heart is breaking! Why must it be you? I have made a solemn promise to Jehovah, and I cannot take it back! She said: If you made a promise to Jehovah, do what you said you would do to me, since Jehovah has given you revenge on your enemies, the Ammonites.

Joshua 9:15-16
Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live. The leaders of the congregation ratified it by an oath. At the end of three days after they had made a treaty with them, they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.

Matthew 14:7-9
So he promised with an oath to give her anything she wanted. Prompted by her mother, she said: Give me John the Baptist's head on a platter. The king was grieved. He gave his oath and many were watching so he commanded that it be done.

Galatians 1:20
What I write is true. God knows I do not lie. Verse ConceptsWriting LettersNot LyingTelling The Truthlieing

1 Samuel 3:17
What did Jehovah tell you? He asked. Please do not hide it from me. May God strike you dead if you hide anything he told you from me. Verse ConceptsGod's Things Concealed

Genesis 31:53
May the God of Abraham and Nahor the God of their father judge between us. So Jacob swore this oath out of respect for his father Isaac. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod Is To Be Feared

Leviticus 5:4
When you pledge a vow in haste about what you will or will not do, as some people do, and then ignore it; although you know what you said, you will be guilty. Verse ConceptsCarelessnessOaths, HumanAbsence Of ThoughtSin Made KnownSwearing Oaths FalselyRash PeopleSwearing

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. Verse ConceptsSwearing

Hebrews 6:16
Men swear by someone greater then themselves: and an oath for confirmation to them puts an end to the problem. Verse ConceptsConfirmationSwearing OathsSwearing BySwearing

Joshua 23:7
You will not associate with these peoples left among you or speak the names of their gods or use those names in taking vows or worship those gods or bow down to them. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessParticipation, In SinServanthood, And Worship Of GodSteadfastnessNot Swearing OathsAvoiding ForeignersDo Not Have Other gods

Acts 23:21
Do not give in to them. There are more than forty men lying in wait for him. They are united with an oath that they will neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready and looking for a promise from you. Verse ConceptsPeople WaitingAmbushPreparing For ActionFortiesAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDo Not Listen!Vowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths

Ruth 1:17
Wherever you die, I will die. That is where I will be buried. May Jehovah's worst punishment come upon me if I let anything but death separate me from you! Verse ConceptsThe DeadPromises, HumanResigned To DeathAnother's Burial Place

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