Bible Dictionary: Oaths: Expressions Used as As the Lord Liveth

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Judges 8:19
And he said, They were my brothers, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
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Ruth 3:13
Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform to you 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 you, then will I do the part of a kinsman to you, as the LORD lives: lie down until the morning.
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Library

Nature of Covenanting.
... The expressions, to pass into, to enter into, employed in the ... but shalt perform unto
the Lord thine oaths: but I ... Sometimes the vow and oath were used together. ...
/.../cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/chapter i nature of covenanting.htm

Against Rash and Vain Swearing.
... transactions of highest moment this hath been used to bind ... For so it is, oaths as
they commonly pass are ... his displeasure by the most violent expressions thereof ...
/.../sermons on evil-speaking by isaac barrow/against rash and vain swearing.htm

The Object of Theology
... Titus 1:1.) The Greek word here used for godliness ... for he had then deserved the most
severe expressions of that ... by any necessity to offer our oaths of allegiance ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/oration i the object of.htm

Exposition of the Moral Law.
... Understanding that the Lord would have our oaths to be a ... is evident from a similar
obtestation used by the ... we ought to use by employing such expressions as the ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 8 exposition of the.htm

Christ Glorified as the Builder of his Church
... great stones laid in the trenches with oaths and promises ... sanctify us, except as
they are used by Christ ... that Jesus Christ always uses expressions with regard ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/christ glorified as the builder.htm

Job's Regret and Our Own
... be left to deny their Master, even with oaths and cursings ... they are not mere
hypocritical or superficial expressions, but they ... is not so tender now as it used ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/jobs regret and our own.htm

The Baptism with the Holy Spirit.
... He denied with oaths and curses that he knew the Lord ... promised in Acts 1:5, where
the words used are "Ye ... and from other passages that the two expressions are to ...
/.../torrey/the person and work of the holy spirit/chapter xx the baptism with.htm

The Life and Death of Mr. Badman,
... He was as delicate in his expressions as any writer of his ... manner; a body might read,
as we used to say ... not so usually belch out their blasphemous oaths as they ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the life and death of.htm

Covenant Duties.
... It is obeyed when there are used, the words of ... that homage which evaporates in hacknied
expressions of loyalty ... out to them, reflecting that the oaths sworn and ...
/.../cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/chapter iv covenant duties.htm

A Treatise of the Fear of God;
... the name, this fearful name of God, either by their blasphemous cursing and oaths,
or by ... under a cheat, but by calling falsely upon the name of the Lord to be ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a treatise of the fear.htm

Subtopics

Oaths

Oaths used for Binding to Performance of Any Particular Act

Oaths used for Binding to Performance of Sacred Duties

Oaths used for Confirming Covenants

Oaths used for Deciding Controversies in Courts of Law

Oaths used for Pledging Allegiance to Sovereigns

Oaths: Antiquity of

Oaths: Custom of Swearing by the Life of the King

Oaths: Expressions Used as As the Lord Liveth

Oaths: Expressions Used as As Thy Soul Liveth

Oaths: Expressions Used as Before God I Lie Not