Bible Dictionary: Oaths: Often Accompanied by Raising up the Hand

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Genesis 14:22
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up my hand to the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
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Daniel 12:7
And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was on the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him that lives 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.
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Revelation 10:5,6
And the angel which I saw stand on the sea and on the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
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Library

The Life of Sir Rob^T. Hamilton of Preston.
... also in coming in any terms of oaths or bonds ... the holy sweet scriptures, which have
often comforted me ... Lord's cause in every part thereof, accompanied with a ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of sir rob%5Et.htm

From 1787 to 1791 Inclusive
... &c., accompanied with several strictures on the impropriety of ... although he had vaunted
with horrid oaths that no ... jeopardy to which those were often exposed who ...
/.../a history of the methodist episcopal church volume i/chapter 2 from 1787 to.htm

Essay v. Whose Powers Shed Round Him in the Common Strife...
... the countenances of his townsmen, who accompanied him, gave ... British protection, to
take the oaths of loyalty ... Minorca, and elsewhere, and was often referred to ...
/.../coleridge/confessions of an inquiring spirit etc/essay v whose powers shed.htm

Enthusiasm.
... in 1716 he declined to take the oaths, and resigned ... when"sound and thoughtful reasoner
as he often is"he ... theology, and has done much toward raising him to ...
/.../abbey/the english church in the eighteenth century/chapter vii enthusiasm.htm

The Rise of the Assyrian Empire
... The king's double often accompanied him on some of the ... therefore, for them to think
of raising armies fit ... not absorb all their resources, and often left them ...
/.../chapter iithe rise of the.htm

The Iranian Conquest
... ever offer us sacrifices with a hand filled with ... Two altars were usually set up together,
and they ... fruit, and perfumes, but these were often accompanied, as in ...
/.../chapter ithe iranian conquest.htm

A Treatise of the Fear of God;
... our fear: For the Divine majesty goeth often under this ... God, either by their blasphemous
cursing and oaths, or by ... to be his Word, and by raising cavils against ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a treatise of the fear.htm

The Medes and the Second Chaldaean Empire
... had extorted tribute to the utmost as often as occasion ... and was about to exterminate
them, when his hand was stayed ... He shut himself up in Nineveh, and for two ...
/.../chapter iiithe medes and the.htm

Life and Works of Rufinus with Jerome's Apology Against Rufinus.
... The word Knowledge on the other hand preserves the true relation of Father and Son
in one nature never to be set apart ... Up to that time we often saw one ...
/.../various/life and works of rufinus with jeromes apology against rufinus /

Memoir of John Bunyan
... The punishments inflicted for nonconformity were accompanied by the ... neighbour's
shop-window, 'belching out oaths like the ... Having so often sold thyself to me to ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/memoir of john bunyan.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