Oaths
The lawful purpose of, explained -- Heb 6:16. Antiquity of -- Ge 14:22; 24:3,8. Used for Confirming covenants. -- Ge 26:28; 31:44,53; 1Sa 20:16,17. Deciding controversies in courts of law. -- Ex 22:11; Nu 5:19; 1Ki 8:31. Pledging allegiance to sovereigns. -- 2Ki 11:4; Ec 8:2. Binding to performance of sacred duties. -- Nu 30:2; 2Ch 15:14,15; Ne 10:29; Ps 132:2. Binding to performance of any particular act. -- Ge 24:3,4; 50:25; Jos 2:12. Judicial from of administering -- 1Ki 22:16; Mt 26:63. Often accompanied by raising up the hand -- Ge 14:22; Da 12:7; Re 10:5,6. Often accompanied by placing the hand under the thigh of the person sworn to -- Ge 24:2,9; 47:29. To be taken in fear and reverence -- Ec 9:2. The Jews Forbidden to take, in name of idols. -- Jos 23:7. Forbidden to take in the name of any created thing. -- Mt 5:34-36; Jas 5:12. Forbidden to take false. -- Le 6:3; Zec 8:17. Forbidden to take rash, or unholy. -- Le 5:4. To use God's name alone in. -- De 6:13; 10:20; Isa 65:16. To take, in truth, judgment, &c. -- Jer 4:2. Generally respected the obligation of. -- Jos 9:19,20; 2Sa 21:7; Ps 15:4; Mt 14:9. Fell into many errors respecting. -- Mt 23:16-22. Often guilty of rashly taking. -- Jdj 21:7; Mt 14:7; 26:72. Often guilty of falsely taking. -- Le 6:3; Jer 5:2; 7:9. Condemned for false. -- Zec 5:4; Mal 3:5. Condemned for profane. -- Jer 23:10; Ho 4:2. Instances of rash, Joshua, &c. -- Jos 9:15,16. Jephthah. -- Jdj 11:30-36. Saul. -- 1Sa 14:27,44. Herod. -- Mt 14:7-9. The Jews who sought to kill Paul. -- Ac 23:21. Custom of swearing by the life of the king -- Ge 42:15,16. Expressions used as By the fear of Isaac. -- Ge 31:53. As the Lord liveth. -- Jdj 8:19; Ru 3:13. The Lord do so to me, and more also. -- Ru 1:17. God do so to thee, and more also. -- 1Sa 3:17. By the Lord. -- 2Sa 19:7; 1Ki 2:42. God do so to thee and more also. -- 1Sa 3:17. Before God I lie not. -- Ga 1:20. I call God for a record. -- 2Co 1:23. God is witness. -- 1Th 2:5. I charge you by the Lord. -- 1Th 5:27. As thy soul liveth. -- 1Sa 1:26; 25:26. God used, to show the immutability of his counsel -- Ge 22:16; Nu 14:28; 6:17.