Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.
an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s p
When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show t
‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose
And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of h
So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the