Joshua 2:20

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

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  • Prov 11:13 : 13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

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    12Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:

    13And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

    14And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

    15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

    16And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

    17And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

    18Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.

    19And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

  • Josh 2:21
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    21And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

  • Josh 9:19-20
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    19But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

    20This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

  • Gen 24:41
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    41Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

  • Neh 5:12
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    8And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

  • Gen 44:7-10
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    7And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

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    9With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

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  • Gen 26:28-29
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    17But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

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    1And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

  • Josh 22:24
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    7And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.

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