6 Bible Verses about Oaths, Divine

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Hebrews 6:13-14

For God having promised Abraham, since he had no greater one by whom to swear, swore by himself, saying, If indeed blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee:

Hebrews 6:16-18

For men swear by the greater: and an oath of confirmation is to them an end to all controversy: but God, in this wishing more abundantly to show forth to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: that through two immutable things in which it was impossible that God should lie, we who have fled may have a strong consolation to lay hold of the hope set before us,

Luke 1:72-73

to execute mercy with our fathers, and remember His holy covenant, the oath which He swore to Abraham our father:

Acts 2:30

Therefore being a prophet and knowing that God swore with an oath, that from the fruit of his loins One should sit upon the throne;

Hebrews 7:17-28

For it is testified, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. For there is a disannulling of the preceding commandment, on account of its weakness and inadequacy for the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope, by which we draw nigh unto God.read more.
And in as much as it is without an oath, for the priests were made without an oath; but He with an oath through the one saying to him, The Lord hath sworn, and will not regret it; thou art a priest forever; insomuch that Jesus has also been made the mediator of a better covenant. And indeed many have been made priests, because they were prohibited by death from continuing: but he, because he abides forever, has an unchangeable priesthood: wherefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those coming unto God through him, ever living to intercede for them. For such a high priest was indeed appropriate unto us, holy, free from sin, undefiled, having been separated from the sinners, and being higher than the heavens; who had not daily need, as the high priests, first to offer up sacrifices for their own sins, then those of the people: for he did this, having offered up himself once. For the law institutes men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the oath, which is after the law, the Son, having been made perfect forever.

Hebrews 3:10-11

Therefore I was provoked with this generation, and I said, They do always err in their heart: and they have not known my way, as I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.

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