Hebrews 6:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.

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  • Exod 22:11 : 11 If he takes his oath before the Lord that he has not put his hand to his neighbour's goods, the owner is to take his word for it and he will not have to make payment for it.
  • Josh 9:15-20 : 15 So Joshua made peace with them, and made an agreement with them that they were not to be put to death: and the chiefs of the people took an oath to them. 16 Now three days after, when they had made this agreement with them, they had word that these men were their neighbours, living near them. 17 And the children of Israel went forward on their journey, and on the third day came to their towns. Now their towns were Gibeon and Chephirah and Beeroth and Kiriath-jearim. 18 And the children of Israel did not put them to death, because the chiefs of the people had taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. And all the people made an outcry against the chiefs. 19 But all the chiefs said to the people, We have taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and so we may not put our hands on them. 20 This is what we will do to them: we will not put them to death, for fear that wrath may come on us because of our oath to them.
  • 2 Sam 21:2 : 2 Then the king sent for the Gibeonites; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but were the last of the Amorites, to whom the children of Israel had given an oath; but Saul, in his passion for the children of Israel and Judah, had made an attempt on their lives:)
  • Ezek 17:16-20 : 16 By my life, says the Lord, truly in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he put on one side and let his agreement with him be broken, even in Babylon he will come to his death. 17 And Pharaoh with his strong army and great forces will be no help to him in the war, when they put up earthworks and make strong walls for the cutting off of lives: 18 For he put his oath on one side in letting the agreement be broken; and though he had given his hand to it, he did all these things; he will not get away safe. 19 And so the Lord has said, By my life, truly, for my oath which he put on one side, and my agreement which has been broken, I will send punishment on his head. 20 My net will be stretched out over him, and he will be taken in my cords, and I will send him to Babylon, and there I will be his judge for the wrong which he has done against me.
  • Matt 23:20-22 : 20 He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it. 21 And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is. 22 And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.
  • Heb 6:13 : 13 For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,
  • Gen 14:22 : 22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,
  • Gen 21:23 : 23 Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.
  • Gen 21:30-31 : 30 And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole. 31 So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.
  • Gen 31:53 : 53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 6:17-18
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    17 So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;

    18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

  • Heb 6:13
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    13 For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

  • Jas 5:12
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    12 But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

  • 1 Chr 16:16-17
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    16 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

    17 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

  • Heb 7:20-22
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    20 And as this is not without the taking of an oath

    21 (For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);

    22 By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.

  • Heb 6:15
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    15 And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

  • Gal 3:15
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    15 Brothers, as men would say, even a man's agreement, when it has been made certain, may not be put on one side, or have additions made to it.

  • Num 30:2
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    2 And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.

  • Isa 65:16
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    16 So that he who is requesting a blessing will make use of the name of the true God, and he who takes an oath will do so by the true God; because the past troubles are gone out of mind, and because they are covered from my eyes.

  • Matt 5:33-34
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    33 Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

    34 But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;

  • Rev 10:6
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    6 And took his oath by him who is living for ever and ever, who made the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there would be no more waiting:

  • Ps 105:9-10
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    9 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

    10 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

  • Gen 21:24
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    24 And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.

  • Lev 5:4
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    4 Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.

  • Matt 23:20-22
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    20 He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it.

    21 And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is.

    22 And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.

  • Luke 1:73
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    73 The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,

  • Gen 22:16
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    16 Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
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    31 If a man does wrong to his neighbour, and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

  • 2 Chr 6:22
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    22 If a man does wrong to his neighbour and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

  • 2 Chr 15:14
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    14 And they made an oath to the Lord, with a loud voice, sounding wind-instruments and horns.

  • Gen 21:31
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    31 So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.

  • Matt 23:18
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    18 And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible.

  • Heb 7:7
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    7 But there is no doubt that the less gets his blessing from the greater.

  • Heb 9:16-17
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    16 Because where there is a testament, there has to be the death of the man who made it.

    17 For a testament has effect after death; for what power has it while the man who made it is living?

  • Heb 8:6
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    6 But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

  • Heb 7:28
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    28 The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete.

  • Hos 10:4
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    4 Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field.

  • Job 17:3
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    3 Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.

  • Exod 22:11
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    11 If he takes his oath before the Lord that he has not put his hand to his neighbour's goods, the owner is to take his word for it and he will not have to make payment for it.

  • Prov 17:18
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    18 A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.

  • Deut 19:17
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    17 Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;

  • Matt 5:37
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    37 But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.

  • Ezek 17:18
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    18 For he put his oath on one side in letting the agreement be broken; and though he had given his hand to it, he did all these things; he will not get away safe.

  • Num 30:10
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    10 But an oath made by a widow or one who is no longer married to her husband, and every undertaking she has given, will have force.

  • Heb 3:11
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    11 And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest.

  • Ps 119:106
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    106 I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.

  • Heb 4:3
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    3 For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.

  • Exod 17:16
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    16 For he said, The Lord has taken his oath that there will be war with Amalek from generation to generation.

  • Num 30:13
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    13 But if her husband, on hearing of it, made them without force or effect, then whatever she has said about her oaths or her undertaking has no force: her husband has made them without effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.