23 occurrences

'Swore' in the Bible

Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because the two of them swore an oath.

Verse ConceptsSealing A CovenantWellsPeople Naming Things

But Jacob insisted, "Swear it by an oath right now." So he swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanYielding To Temptation

I'll bring you to the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I'll give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.'"

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsHomeHand Of GodProperty, LandThe Promised LandI Am The Lordland

When the LORD brings you to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your ancestors to give you a land flowing with milk and honey you are to observe this ritual in this month.

Verse ConceptsFoodLand, As A Divine GiftLand, Spiritual Aspects OfMilk And HoneyRegulations For PassoverRich FoodFamine

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants to whom you swore by yourself as you told them, "I'll increase the number of your descendants like the stars of the heavens, I'll give your descendants all of this land about which I have spoken, and they are to possess it forever.'"

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersHeirsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityServants Of The LordGolden CalvesEternal PossessionGod Swearing Blessings

The LORD told Moses, "Go up from here, you and the people whom you brought out of Egypt, to the land about which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob saying, "I'll give it to your descendants.'

Verse ConceptsAbrahamOaths, DivineBringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod Gave The LandOthers Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Now from the time we left Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Wadi Zered was 38 years. All of that generation, the soldiers in the camp, were destroyed just as the LORD swore they would be.

Verse ConceptsGenerations30 To 40 YearsDeath As Punishment

"But the LORD was angry with me because of you. So he swore that I'll never cross the Jordan River to enter the good land that the LORD your God is about to give you as an inheritance.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityGod Angry With Individuals

so that he will elevate you to be a people for him. And he will be God to you, just as he promised you and swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Verse ConceptsAncestorsGod Swearing BlessingsHe Is Our God

So this is what we'll do to them: we'll let them live, so that wrath won't come upon us because of the oath that we swore to them."

Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsUnfaithfulness, To PeopleKept Alive By Men

Saul listened to Jonathan, and swore by the life of the LORD that David would not be killed.

Jonathan told David, "Go in peace since both of us swore in the name of the LORD: "May the LORD be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever.'" Then David got up and left, while Jonathan went to the city.

Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsLoyaltyUnfaithfulness, To PeopleThe Witness Of GodGoing In Peace

Saul swore to her by the LORD: "As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment will come on you for this thing."

the covenant that he made with Abraham, and the oath he swore to Isaac.

So he swore an oath concerning them that he would cause them to die in the wilderness,

Verse ConceptsDying In The WildernessGod Swearing Harm

how he swore an oath to the LORD, vowing to the Mighty One of Jacob,

"For this is like the waters of Noah to me, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again spread over the earth; so have I sworn that I won't be angry with you again and that I won't rebuke you.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahBefore The FloodThe DelugeGod Swearing BlessingsGod Will No More Be AngryNoah's FloodTimes Of PeopleThe RainbowFloodsRainbowrebukingcredibility

Then King Zedekiah, in secret, swore an oath to Jeremiah: "As surely as the LORD lives, who gave us this life to live, I won't have you put to death, nor will I hand you over to these men who are seeking to kill you."

Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeOaths, HumanSecrecyGod Giving LifeKilling Prophets

Ahikam's son Gedaliah, the grandson of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men: "Don't be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Remain in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and things will go well for you.

Verse ConceptsServing GroupsDo Not Fear Men

"Moreover, I solemnly swore to them in the wilderness that I wouldn't bring them to the land that I had given them a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands

Verse ConceptsExclusionJudgement In The WildernessGod Swearing HarmMilk And Honey

"Futhermore, I solemnly swore in the wilderness to disperse them among the nations and scatter them to other lands

Verse ConceptsGod Scattering IsraelJudgement In The WildernessGod Swearing Harm

In their view, it will seem to be a false prophecy, but because they swore allegiance, he'll make them remember their guilt as he takes them captive."

Verse ConceptsFalse Ways

"I heard the man dressed in linen clothes, who was standing above the waters of the river as he lifted his right and left hands to heaven and swore by the one who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and a half. When the shattering of the power of the holy people has occurred, all these things will conclude."

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansThree And A Half YearsLeft HandsLifting HandsSwearing ByUnable To Do Other Things

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