30 occurrences

'Oath' in the Bible

You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

Verse ConceptsBlackWhiteWhite HairBlack HairOne Material ThingAppearance Of HairWorryingColorSwearingHair

So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersPeople Promising

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.

Verse ConceptsKnowing Right And WrongStatus Of The TempleUnimportant ThingsSwearing

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.

Verse ConceptsKnowing Right And WrongOffering SacrificesUnimportant ThingsSwearing

He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it.

Verse ConceptsSwearing BySwearing

And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is

Verse ConceptsStatus Of The TempleSwearing BySwearing

And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.

Verse ConceptsHeaven, God's ThroneHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansGod Sitting In GlorySwearing BySwearing

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.

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingSilenceSpeech, Power And Significance OfAdjurationChrist Being SilentWho Is Jesus?Called Himself The ChristRivers

And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom.

Verse ConceptsFractions, One HalfHalf Of Districts

But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,

Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofChrist, The Seed OfOaths, DivineJesus Christ, KingGod Swearing BlessingsKnowing FactsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, UnnaturalBarbersBaldnessHairsSeafaringVowsAquilaCutting HairSea Travelsyriagoodbyes

Do this, then, which we say to you: We have four men who have taken an oath;

Verse ConceptsFour People

Go with these, and make yourself clean with them, and make the necessary payments for them, so that they may be free from their oath: and everyone will see that the statements made about you are not true, but that you put yourself under rule, and keep the law.

Verse ConceptsShavingPurifying OneselfPaying For GoodsKeep The Commandments!

And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfMorningRevenge, Examples OfPlottingVindictivenessAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleVowing To FastPeople Bound By OathsConspiracySwearing

And more than forty of them took this oath.

Verse ConceptsFortiesConspiracy

And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to deat

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersChief priestsTasteAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleVowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths

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

Verse ConceptsPeople WaitingAmbushPreparing For ActionFortiesAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDo Not Listen!Vowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths

And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest.

Verse ConceptsSleeplessnessEntering LifeGod Swearing Harm

And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders?

Verse ConceptsGod Swearing Harmdisobedience

For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.

Verse ConceptsCompletionHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityOpportunities, And SalvationPerfection, DivineEntering LifeSaved By FaithGod Swearing HarmFrom The BeginningGod Giving RestNew Testament Claiming Old Testament Is InspiredRestFinishing Strongfinishing

For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

Verse ConceptsGod HimselfSwearing

For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.

Verse ConceptsConfirmationSwearing OathsSwearing BySwearing

(For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfConsistencyAssurance, basis ofJesus Christ, Eternity OfGod Is UnchangeableGod Swearing BlessingsNot Swearing OathsGod ReturningNew Testament Claiming Old Testament Is Inspired

The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete.

Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Eternity OfGod, Perfection OfPriesthood, In NtConsecrationUnblemishmentChrist Made PerfectRivers

Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven.

Verse ConceptsGod's PromisesGod ShakingThe Universe DestroyedGod's VoiceAstronomical Signs

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:

Verse ConceptsEarth, Creation OfGod, Living And Self sustainingHeaven, Nature OfNatureCreation Of The Physical HeavensImminenceCreation Of The SeasGod Not DelayingSwearing ByRainbow

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