'Swore' in the Bible
That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
But Jacob said, "Swear an oath to me now." So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.
Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."
I will bring you to the land I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob -- and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord!'"
When the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, then you will keep this ceremony in this month.
When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and told them, 'I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken about I will give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.'"
Did I conceive this entire people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me, 'Carry them in your arms, as a foster father bears a nursing child,' to the land which you swore to their fathers?
Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to them, he killed them in the wilderness.'
they will by no means see the land that I swore to their fathers, nor will any of them who despised me see it.
You will by no means enter into the land where I swore to settle you. The only exceptions are Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old and upward who came from Egypt will see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
Today he will affirm that you are his people and that he is your God, just as he promised you and as he swore by oath to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
but all the leaders told the whole community, "We swore an oath to them in the name of the Lord God of Israel. So now we can't hurt them!
We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them."
Therefore I swore an oath to the house of Eli, 'The sin of the house of Eli can never be forgiven by sacrifice or by grain offering.'"
But Saul swore an oath to her by the Lord, "As surely as the Lord lives, you will not incur guilt in this matter!"
She replied to him, "My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the Lord your God, 'Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.'
The king swore an oath: "As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me from every danger),
I will keep today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: 'Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.'"
King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, "May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life!
They swore their allegiance to the Lord, shouting their approval loudly and sounding trumpets and horns.
and how he made a vow to the Lord, and swore an oath to the powerful ruler of Jacob.
Then I will keep the promise I swore on oath to your ancestors to give them a land flowing with milk and honey." That is the very land that you still live in today.'" And I responded, "Amen! Let it be so, Lord!"
You kept the promise that you swore on oath to their ancestors. You gave them a land flowing with milk and honey.
"'Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing that you had reached the age for love. I spread my cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine.
and say to them: "'This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore to them, "I am the Lord your God."
On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land which I had picked out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.
I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them -- a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.
I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
I brought them to the land which I swore to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings.
Then you will know that I am the Lord when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land I swore to give to your fathers.
At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, "I do not know the man!" At that moment a rooster crowed.
He swore to her, "Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom."
Then he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, "I do not know this man you are talking about!"
the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham. This oath grants
"As I swore in my anger, 'They will never enter my rest!'"
For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my anger, 'They will never enter my rest!'" And yet God's works were accomplished from the foundation of the world.
Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,
and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, "There will be no more delay!