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Genesis 26:28
And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with you: and we said, Let there be now an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you;
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Genesis 31:44,53
Now therefore come you, let us make a covenant, I and you; and let it be for a witness between me and you.
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1 Samuel 20:16,17
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
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Library

The Preface
... and other civil pains annexed; imposing oaths, acts and ... observe anent the form or
method used in the ... from backsliding courses, to the confirming of halters ...
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Letter cxcix. Canonica Secunda.
... stand; but, if they refuse, no violence should be used. ... let them be taught not to
take oaths at random ... change his mind, and not persist in confirming his impiety ...
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Dialogue i. --The Immutable.
... for He gave them, too, the same promises, confirming the former by ... Orth."Just now
you used the arguments of Marcion and ... by the God of all with oaths were not ...
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Memoir of John Bunyan
... of dissipation, by re-publishing the Book of Sports, to be used on Sundays. ... He was
standing at a neighbour's shop-window, 'belching out oaths like the madman ...
/.../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