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A solemn qualification. Used in solemnizing covenants:


• Between Abraham and the King of Sodom

GENESIS 14:22,23Verses in the Bible

  • 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
    Genesis 14:22 Meaning
  • 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
    Genesis 14:23 Meaning

• Between Abraham and Abimelech

GENESIS 21:22,23Verses in the Bible

  • 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
    Genesis 21:22 Meaning
  • 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
    Genesis 21:23 Meaning

• Between Isaac and Abimelech

GENESIS 26:26-29,31Verses in the Bible

  • 26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
    Genesis 26:26 Meaning
  • 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
    Genesis 26:27 Meaning
  • 28 And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
    Genesis 26:28 Meaning
  • 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord.
    Genesis 26:29 Meaning
  • 31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
    Genesis 26:31 Meaning

Abraham Requires Oath of His Servant Eliezer

GENESIS 24:2,3,9Verses in the Bible

  • 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
    Genesis 24:2 Meaning
  • 3 And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
    Genesis 24:3 Meaning
  • 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
    Genesis 24:9 Meaning

Esau Confirms the Sale of His Birthright by

GENESIS 25:33In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

Jacob Confirms the Covenant Between Him and Laban by

GENESIS 31:53In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

Requires Joseph to Swear That He Would Bury Him With His Forefathers

GENESIS 47:28-31Verses in the Bible

  • 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
    Genesis 47:28 Meaning
  • 29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
    Genesis 47:29 Meaning
  • 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
    Genesis 47:30 Meaning
  • 31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
    Genesis 47:31 Meaning

Joseph Requires a Similar Oath

GENESIS 50:25In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

Rahab Requires an Oath from the Spies

JOSHUA 2:12-14Verses in the Bible

  • 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
    Joshua 2:12 Meaning
  • 13 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
    Joshua 2:13 Meaning
  • 14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
    Joshua 2:14 Meaning

JOSHUA 6:22In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

The Israelites Confirm the Covenant With the Hivites

JOSHUA 9:3-20Verses in the Bible

  • 3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
    Joshua 9:3 Meaning
  • 4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
    Joshua 9:4 Meaning
  • 5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
    Joshua 9:5 Meaning
  • 6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
    Joshua 9:6 Meaning
  • 7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
    Joshua 9:7 Meaning
  • 8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
    Joshua 9:8 Meaning
  • 9 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
    Joshua 9:9 Meaning
  • 10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
    Joshua 9:10 Meaning
  • 11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
    Joshua 9:11 Meaning
  • 12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:
    Joshua 9:12 Meaning
  • 13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
    Joshua 9:13 Meaning
  • 14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord.
    Joshua 9:14 Meaning
  • 15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
    Joshua 9:15 Meaning
  • 16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
    Joshua 9:16 Meaning
  • 17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
    Joshua 9:17 Meaning
  • 18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
    Joshua 9:18 Meaning
  • 19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
    Joshua 9:19 Meaning
  • 20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
    Joshua 9:20 Meaning

Moses Covenants With Caleb by

JOSHUA 14:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God.

The Elders of Gilead Confirm Their Pledge to Jephthah by

JUDGES 11:10In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

The Israelites Swear in Mizpeh

JUDGES 21:5In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the Lord? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the Lord to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

Ruth Swears to Naomi

RUTH 1:17In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

Boaz Swears to Ruth

RUTH 3:13In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning.

Saul Swears to Jonathan

1 SAMUEL 19:6In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.

Jonathan and David Confirm a Covenant by

1 SAMUEL 20:3,13-17Verses in the Bible

  • 3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
    1 Samuel 20:3 Meaning
  • 13 The Lord do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
    1 Samuel 20:13 Meaning
  • 14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not:
    1 Samuel 20:14 Meaning
  • 15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
    1 Samuel 20:15 Meaning
  • 16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
    1 Samuel 20:16 Meaning
  • 17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
    1 Samuel 20:17 Meaning

David Swears to Saul

1 SAMUEL 24:21,22Verses in the Bible

  • 21 Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.
    1 Samuel 24:21 Meaning
  • 22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
    1 Samuel 24:22 Meaning

2 SAMUEL 21:7In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

Saul Swears to the Witch of En-Dor

1 SAMUEL 28:10In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 10 And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

David Swears Not to Eat Until the Sun Goes Down

2 SAMUEL 3:35In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

Joab Confirms His Word by

2 SAMUEL 19:7In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

David Swears to Bathsheba That Solomon Will Be King

1 KINGS 1:28,29Verses in the Bible

  • 28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
    1 Kings 1:28 Meaning
  • 29 And the king sware, and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
    1 Kings 1:29 Meaning

Solomon Confirms His Word by

1 KINGS 2:23In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 23 Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

1 KINGS 2:42In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

Elisha Seals His Vow to Follow Elijah by

2 KINGS 2:2In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el.

King of Samaria Confirms His Word With an

2 KINGS 6:31In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

Gehazi Confirms His Lie by

2 KINGS 5:20In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

Jehoida Requires an Oath from the Rulers

2 KINGS 11:4In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the Lord, and shewed them the king's son.

Zedekiah Violates

2 CHRONICLES 36:13In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel.

Ezra Requires, of the Priests and Levites

EZRA 10:5,19Verses in the Bible

  • 5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
    Ezra 10:5 Meaning
  • 19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
    Ezra 10:19 Meaning

NEHEMIAH 5:12,13Verses in the Bible

  • 12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
    Nehemiah 5:12 Meaning
  • 13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.
    Nehemiah 5:13 Meaning

Zedekiah Swears to Jeremiah

JEREMIAH 38:16In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the Lord liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

Gedaliah Confirms His Word by

JEREMIAH 40:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

Peter Confirms His Denial of Jesus by

MARK 14:71In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

Attributed to God

GENESIS 22:16In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

PSALM 89:35In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

PSALM 95:11In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

PSALM 105:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

PSALM 132:11In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 11 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

ISAIAH 14:24In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

ISAIAH 45:23In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

JEREMIAH 11:5In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 5 That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord.

JEREMIAH 22:5In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.

JEREMIAH 49:13In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

JEREMIAH 51:14In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 14 The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.

LUKE 1:73In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

HEBREWS 3:11,18Verses in the Bible

  • 18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
    Hebrews 3:18 Meaning

HEBREWS 4:3In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

HEBREWS 6:13,14,17Verses in the Bible

  • 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
    Hebrews 6:13 Meaning
  • 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
    Hebrews 6:14 Meaning
  • 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
    Hebrews 6:17 Meaning

HEBREWS 7:21,28Verses in the Bible

  • 21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
    Hebrews 7:21 Meaning
  • 28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
    Hebrews 7:28 Meaning

REVELATION 10:6In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

Scriptures Relating to

EXODUS 20:7In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

EXODUS 22:10,11Verses in the Bible

  • 10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
    Exodus 22:10 Meaning
  • 11 Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
    Exodus 22:11 Meaning

EXODUS 23:1In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

LEVITICUS 6:2-5Verses in the Bible

  • 2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;
    Leviticus 6:2 Meaning
  • 3 Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
    Leviticus 6:3 Meaning
  • 4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
    Leviticus 6:4 Meaning
  • 5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.
    Leviticus 6:5 Meaning

LEVITICUS 19:12In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

NUMBERS 5:19-24Verses in the Bible

  • 19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
    Numbers 5:19 Meaning
  • 20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
    Numbers 5:20 Meaning
  • 21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
    Numbers 5:21 Meaning
  • 22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
    Numbers 5:22 Meaning
  • 23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
    Numbers 5:23 Meaning
  • 24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
    Numbers 5:24 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 5:11In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 11 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

DEUTERONOMY 6:13In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 13 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

DEUTERONOMY 10:20In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

1 KINGS 8:31,32Verses in the Bible

  • 31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
    1 Kings 8:31 Meaning
  • 32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
    1 Kings 8:32 Meaning

PSALM 15:1,2,4Verses in the Bible

  • 1 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
    Psalm 15:1 Meaning
  • 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
    Psalm 15:2 Meaning
  • 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
    Psalm 15:4 Meaning

ECCLESIASTES 8:2In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

ISAIAH 48:1In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

JEREMIAH 4:2In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 2 And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

JEREMIAH 5:2,7Verses in the Bible

  • 7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
    Jeremiah 5:7 Meaning

JEREMIAH 7:8,9Verses in the Bible

  • 8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
    Jeremiah 7:8 Meaning
  • 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
    Jeremiah 7:9 Meaning

JEREMIAH 12:16In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The Lord liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.

DANIEL 9:11In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

DANIEL 12:7In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

HOSEA 4:15In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The Lord liveth.

MATTHEW 5:33-37Verses in the Bible

  • 33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
    Matthew 5:33 Meaning
  • 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
    Matthew 5:34 Meaning
  • 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
    Matthew 5:35 Meaning
  • 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
    Matthew 5:36 Meaning
  • 37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
    Matthew 5:37 Meaning

MATTHEW 14:3-12Verses in the Bible

  • 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
    Matthew 14:3 Meaning
  • 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
    Matthew 14:4 Meaning
  • 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
    Matthew 14:5 Meaning
  • 6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
    Matthew 14:6 Meaning
  • 7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
    Matthew 14:7 Meaning
  • 8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
    Matthew 14:8 Meaning
  • 9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
    Matthew 14:9 Meaning
  • 10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
    Matthew 14:10 Meaning
  • 11 And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
    Matthew 14:11 Meaning
  • 12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
    Matthew 14:12 Meaning

MATTHEW 23:18-22Verses in the Bible

  • 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
    Matthew 23:18 Meaning
  • 19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
    Matthew 23:19 Meaning
  • 20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
    Matthew 23:20 Meaning
  • 21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
    Matthew 23:21 Meaning
  • 22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
    Matthew 23:22 Meaning

MATTHEW 26:63In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

MARK 6:26In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

ACTS 23:12-14Verses in the Bible

  • 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
    Acts 23:12 Meaning
  • 13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.
    Acts 23:13 Meaning
  • 14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
    Acts 23:14 Meaning

2 CORINTHIANS 1:23In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

GALATIANS 1:20In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

HEBREWS 6:16In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

JAMES 5:12In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

REVELATION 10:5,6Verses in the Bible

  • 5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
    Revelation 10:5 Meaning
  • 6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
    Revelation 10:6 Meaning

• See Covenant

• See False Witness

• See God,Profaning His Name

• See Perjury

Sources

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