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Numbers 30:2
If a man vow a vow to the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
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2 Chronicles 15:14,15
And they swore to the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
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Nehemiah 10:29
They joined to their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
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Psalm 132:2
How he swore to the LORD, and vowed to the mighty God of Jacob;
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Library

Exposition of the Moral Law.
... And no wonder; for, as far as in them lies, his sacred name is in a manner ... 25. The
name of God is vulgarised and vilified when used in oaths, which, though ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 8 exposition of the.htm

Covenanting Confers Obligation.
... what should be most carefully observed here, the binding spoken of ... It ought to be
used by all. The principle that vows and oaths require that they be fulfilled ...
/.../the ordinance of covenanting/chapter v covenanting confers obligation.htm

Letter ccxvii. To Amphilochius, the Canons.
... As to perjurers, if they have broken their oaths under violent compulsion ... and praise,
and in this sense was used by many ... [2843] Here we see "binding and loosing ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter ccxvii to amphilochius the.htm

Against Rash and Vain Swearing.
... It is a binding our souls with a most strict and ... To such purposes, therefore, oaths
have ever been applied, as ... of highest moment this hath been used to bind ...
/.../sermons on evil-speaking by isaac barrow/against rash and vain swearing.htm

Appendix.
... and Covenant, and by adding to the binding obligations of ... legislators in either house,
having sworn oaths of allegiance ... and we who should have used direct means ...
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Covenanting a Duty.
... which, indeed, they embody, they are binding on men in ... every exercise of Covenanting
in which it is used. ... Lawful oaths between nations, or between a people and ...
/.../cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/chapter iii covenanting a duty.htm

The Object of Theology
... Titus 1:1.) The Greek word here used for godliness ... compelled by any necessity to
offer our oaths of allegiance. ... upon all and each of us, and is equally binding. ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/oration i the object of.htm

On Reconciling Religious Dissensions among Christians
... kings, to absolve subjects from their oaths of allegiance ... change in it, (1.) either
by "binding heavy burdens ... remedies thus, "they are never used without some ...
/.../the works of james arminius vol 1/oration v on reconciling religious.htm

Memoir of John Bunyan
... publishing the Book of Sports, to be used on Sundays ... at a neighbour's shop-window,
'belching out oaths like the ... the lawfulness of sports on that sacred day, yet ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/memoir of john bunyan.htm

The Westminster Confession of Faith. AD 1647.
The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. <. ...
/.../the westminster confession of faith.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