Hebrews 6:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

For men verely sweare by him that is greater then themselues, and an othe for confirmation is among them an ende of all strife.

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  • Exod 22:11 : 11 An oth of the Lord shalbe betweene the twaine, that hee hath not put his hande vnto his neighbours good, and the owner of it shall take the othe, and he shall not make it good:
  • Josh 9:15-20 : 15 So Ioshua made peace with them, & made a league with them, that he would suffer them to liue: also the Princes of the Congregation sware vnto them. 16 But at the end of three dayes, after they had made a league with them, they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them. 17 And the children of Israel tooke their iourney, and came vnto their cities the third day, and their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth and Kiriath-iearim. 18 And the children of Israel slewe them not, because the Princes of the Congregation had sworne vnto them by the Lorde God of Israel: wherefore all the Congregation murmured against the Princes. 19 Then all the Princes said vnto all the Congregation, We haue sworne vnto them by the Lord God of Israel: nowe therefore we may not touch them. 20 But this we wil doe to them, and let them liue, least the wrath be vpon vs because of the othe which we sware vnto them.
  • 2 Sam 21:2 : 2 Then ye King called the Gibeonites and said vnto them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but a remnant of the Amorites, vnto whom ye children of Israel had sworne: but Saul sought to slay them for his zeale toward the children of Israel and Iudah)
  • Ezek 17:16-20 : 16 As I liue, saith the Lord God, he shall die in the middes of Babel, in the place of the King, that had made him King, whose othe he despised, and whose couenant made with him, he brake. 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mightie hoste, and great multitude of people, mainteine him in the warre, when they haue cast vp mounts, and builded ramparts to destroy many persons. 18 For he hath despised the othe, and broken ye couenant (yet lo, he had giuen his hand) because he hath done all these things, he shall not escape. 19 Therefore, thus sayth the Lord God, As I liue, I wil surely bring mine othe that he hath despised, and my couenant that he hath broken vpon his owne head. 20 And I wil spread my net vpon him, & he shalbe taken in my net, & I wil bring him to Babel, and will enter into iudgement with him there for his trespas that he hath committed against me.
  • Matt 23:20-22 : 20 Whosoeuer therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he that sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
  • Heb 6:13 : 13 For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe,
  • Gen 14:22 : 22 And Abram said to the King of Sodom, I haue lift vp mine hand vnto the Lorde the most hie God possessor of heauen and earth,
  • Gen 21:23 : 23 Nowe therefore sweare vnto me here by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my children, nor my childrens children: thou shalt deale with me, and with the countrey, where thou hast bene a stranger, according vnto the kindnesse that I haue shewed thee.
  • Gen 21:30-31 : 30 And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well. 31 Wherefore the place is called Beer-sheba, because there they both sware.
  • Gen 31:53 : 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nabor, and the God of their father be iudge betweene vs: But Iaakob sware by the feare of his father Izhak.

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  • Heb 6:17-18
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    17 So God, willing more aboundantly to shew vnto the heires of promes the stablenes of his counsell, bound himselfe by an othe,

    18 That by two immutable things, wherein it is vnpossible that God should lye, we might haue strong consolation, which haue our refuge to lay holde vpon that hope that is set before vs,

  • Heb 6:13
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    13 For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe,

  • Jas 5:12
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    12 But before all thinges, my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, nor by earth, nor by any other othe: but let your yea, be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into condemnation.

  • 1 Chr 16:16-17
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    73%

    16 Which he made with Abraham, and his othe to Izhak:

    17 And hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a Law, & to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

  • Heb 7:20-22
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    71%

    20 And for as much as it is not without an othe (for these are made Priestes without an othe:

    21 But this is made with an othe by him that said vnto him, The Lord hath sworne, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for euer, after the order of Melchi-sedec)

    22 By so much is Iesus made a suretie of a better Testament.

  • Heb 6:15
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    15 And so after that he had taried patiently, he enioyed the promes.

  • Gal 3:15
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    15 Brethren, I speake as men do: though it be but a mans couenant, when it is confirmed, yet no man doeth abrogate it, or addeth any thing thereto.

  • Num 30:2
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    2 (30:3) Whosoeuer voweth a vow vnto the Lord, or sweareth an othe to binde him selfe by a bonde, he shall not breake his promise, but shall do according to al that proceedeth out of his mouth.

  • Isa 65:16
    69%

    16 He that shal blesse in the earth, shal blesse himselfe in the true God, and he that sweareth in the earth, shall sweare by the true God: for the former troubles are forgotten, and shall surely hide themselues from mine eyes.

  • Matt 5:33-34
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    68%

    33 Againe, ye haue heard that it was sayd to them of old time, Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt performe thine othes to the Lord.

    34 But I say vnto you, Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is the throne of God:

  • Rev 10:6
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    6 And sware by him that liueth for euermore, which created heauen, and the thinges that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the thinges that therein are, that time should be no more.

  • Ps 105:9-10
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    9 Euen that which he made with Abraham, and his othe vnto Izhak:

    10 And since hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

  • Gen 21:24
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    24 Then Abraham said, I will sweare.

  • Lev 5:4
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    4 Either if any sweare and pronounce with his lippes to do euill, or to doe good (whatsoeuer it bee that a man shall pronounce with an othe) and it be hid from him, and after knoweth that he hath offended in one of these poyntes,

  • Matt 23:20-22
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    20 Whosoeuer therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

    21 And whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

    22 And he that sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

  • Luke 1:73
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    73 And the othe which he sware to our father Abraham.

  • Gen 22:16
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    16 And saide, By my selfe haue I sworne (saith ye Lord) because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine onely sonne,

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
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    31 When a man shall trespasse against his neighbour, & he lay vpon him an othe to cause him to sweare, and the swearer shall come before thine altar in this house,

  • 2 Chr 6:22
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    22 When a man shall sinne against his neighbour, and he laye vpon him an othe to cause him to sweare, and the swearer shal come before thine altar in this house,

  • 2 Chr 15:14
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    14 And they sware vnto the Lorde with a loude voyce, and with shouting and with trumpets, and with cornets.

  • Gen 21:31
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    31 Wherefore the place is called Beer-sheba, because there they both sware.

  • Matt 23:18
    66%

    18 And whosoeuer sweareth by the altar, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the offering that is vpon it, offendeth.

  • Heb 7:7
    66%

    7 And without all contradiction the lesse is blessed of the greater.

  • Heb 9:16-17
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    16 For where a Testament is, there must be the death of him that made the Testament.

    17 For the Testament is confirmed when men are dead: for it is yet of no force as long as he that made it, is aliue.

  • Heb 8:6
    66%

    6 But nowe our hie Priest hath obteined a more excellent office, in as much as he is the Mediatour of a better Testament, which is established vpon better promises.

  • Heb 7:28
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    28 For the Lawe maketh men hie Priestes, which haue infirmitie: but the word of the othe that was since the Lawe, maketh the Sonne, who is consecrated for euermore.

  • Hos 10:4
    66%

    4 They haue spoken woordes, swearing falsly in making a couenant: thus iudgement groweth as wormewoode in the furrowes of the fielde.

  • Job 17:3
    65%

    3 Lay downe nowe and put me in suretie for thee: who is hee, that will touch mine hand?

  • Exod 22:11
    65%

    11 An oth of the Lord shalbe betweene the twaine, that hee hath not put his hande vnto his neighbours good, and the owner of it shall take the othe, and he shall not make it good:

  • Prov 17:18
    65%

    18 A man destitute of vnderstanding, toucheth the hande, and becommeth suretie for his neighbour.

  • Deut 19:17
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    17 Then both the men which striue together, shal stand before ye Lord, euen before the Priests and the Iudges, which shall be in those daies,

  • Matt 5:37
    65%

    37 But let your communication be Yea, yea: Nay, nay. For whatsoeuer is more then these, commeth of euill.

  • Ezek 17:18
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    18 For he hath despised the othe, and broken ye couenant (yet lo, he had giuen his hand) because he hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

  • Num 30:10
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    10 (30:11) And if she vowed in her husbands house, or bound her selfe streightly with an othe,

  • Heb 3:11
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    11 Therefore I sware in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest.

  • Ps 119:106
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    106 I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.

  • Heb 4:3
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    3 For we which haue beleeued, doe enter into rest, as he said to the other, As I haue sworne in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest: although the workes were finished from the foundation of the world.

  • Exod 17:16
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    16 Also he said, The Lord hath sworne, that he will haue warre with Amalek from generation to generation.

  • Num 30:13
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    13 (30:14) So euery vowe, and euery othe or bonde, made to humble the soule, her husband may stablish it, or her husband may breake it.