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1 Samuel 17 55
When Saul had seen David going out to confront the Philistine, he asked Abner the commander of the army,“ Whose son is this youth, Abner?”“ Your Majesty, as surely as you live, I don’t know,” Abner replied.
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Genesis 42:12
“ No,” he said to them.“ You have come to see the weakness of the land.”
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Deuteronomy 6:13
Fear the LORD your God, worship him, and take your oaths in his name.
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Matthew 23:16-22
“ Woe to you, blind guides, who say,‘ Whoever takes an oath by the temple, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gold of the temple is bound by his oath.’Blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?Also,‘ Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it means nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gift that is on it is bound by his oath.’Blind people! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?Therefore, the one who takes an oath by the altar takes an oath by it and by everything on it.The one who takes an oath by the temple takes an oath by it and by him who dwells in it.And the one who takes an oath by heaven takes an oath by God’s throne and by him who sits on it.
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Genesis 43:3
But Judah said to him,“ The man specifically warned us,‘ You will not see me again unless your brother is with you.’
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Genesis 42:20
Bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be confirmed; then you won’t die.” And they consented to this.
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Genesis 42:16
Send one from among you to get your brother. The rest of you will be imprisoned so that your words can be tested to see if they are true. If they are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
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Jeremiah 5:2
When they say,“ As the LORD lives,” they are swearing falsely.
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Genesis 42:30
“ The man who is the lord of the country spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
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Genesis 42:7
When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them.“ Where do you come from?” he asked.“ From the land of Canaan to buy food,” they replied.
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Genesis 44:20-34
and we answered my lord,‘ We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’Then you said to your servants,‘ Bring him to me so that I can see him.’But we said to my lord,‘ The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’Then you said to your servants,‘ If your younger brother does not come down with you, you will not see me again.’“ This is what happened when we went back to your servant my father: We reported to him the words of my lord.But our father said,‘ Go again, and buy us a little food.’We told him,‘ We cannot go down unless our younger brother goes with us. If our younger brother isn’t with us, we cannot see the man.’Your servant my father said to us,‘ You know that my wife bore me two sons.One is gone from me— I said he must have been torn to pieces— and I have never seen him again.If you also take this one from me and anything happens to him, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.’“ So if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us— his life is wrapped up with the boy’s life—when he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hairs of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.Your servant became accountable to my father for the boy, saying,‘ If I do not return him to you, I will always bear the guilt for sinning against you, my father.’Now please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave, in place of the boy. Let him go back with his brothers.For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the grief that would overwhelm my father.”
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1 Samuel 1 26
“ Please, my lord,” she said,“ as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
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1 Samuel 20 3
But David said,“ Your father certainly knows that I have found favor with you. He has said,‘ Jonathan must not know of this, or else he will be grieved.’” David also swore,“ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
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Jeremiah 5:7
Why should I forgive you? Your children have abandoned me and sworn by those who are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery; they gashed themselves at the prostitute’s house.
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Matthew 5:33-37
“ Again, you have heard that it was said to our ancestors, You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord.But I tell you, don’t take an oath at all: either by heaven, because it is God’s throne;or by the earth, because it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.Do not swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.But let your‘ yes’ mean‘ yes,’ and your‘ no’ mean‘ no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one.
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Genesis 42:34
Bring back your youngest brother to me, and I will know that you are not spies but honest men. I will then give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the country.’”
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James 5:12
Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your“ yes” mean“ yes,” and your“ no” mean“ no,” so that you won’t fall under judgment.
