Joshua 2:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this your oath which you have made us swear.

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  • Gen 24:3-8 : 3 and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell. 4 But you shall go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac." 5 And the servant said to him, "Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?" 6 And Abraham said to him, "Beware that you do not take my son back there. 7 The LORD God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my relatives, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there. 8 And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there."
  • Exod 20:7 : 7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
  • Lev 19:11-12 : 11 You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. 12 And you shall not swear by my name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
  • Num 30:2 : 2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears 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.
  • Josh 2:20 : 20 And if you reveal this our business, then we will be released from your oath which you have made us swear.
  • 2 Sam 21:1-2 : 1 In the days of David, there was a famine for three years, year after year, and David sought the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is because of Saul and his bloody house, because he killed the Gibeonites. 2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but a remnant of the Amorites; and the Israelites had sworn to them. Yet Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for Israel and Judah.)
  • 2 Sam 21:7 : 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 2:18-22
    5 verses
    86%

    18Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you let us down by: and you shall bring your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's household, home unto you.

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

    20And if you reveal this our business, then we will be released from your oath which you have made us swear.

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

    22And they went, and came unto the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

  • Josh 2:12-16
    5 verses
    83%

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

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

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

    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 return: and afterward you may go your way.

  • Josh 9:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19But all the leaders said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

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

  • Gen 26:28-29
    2 verses
    74%

    28And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with you: and we said, Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you;

    29That you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace: you are now the blessed of the LORD.

  • Josh 2:4-9
    6 verses
    74%

    4And the woman took the two men and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I did not know where they were from:

    5And it came to pass about the time of closing the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: where the men went I do not know: pursue after them quickly; for you shall overtake them.

    6But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

    7And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they who pursued after them had gone out, they shut the gate.

    8And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

    9And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that your terror has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

  • Gen 24:41
    74%

    41You will be clear from this oath when you arrive among my family, for if they will not give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.'

  • Judg 15:12
    73%

    12They said to him, We have come down to bind you, so we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines. Samson said to them, Swear to me that you will not attack me yourselves.

  • Gen 42:31
    73%

    31And we said to him, We are honest men; we are not spies:

  • Neh 5:12
    73%

    12Then they said, We will restore them, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say. Then I called the priests and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise.

  • Gen 24:8
    72%

    8And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there."

  • Gen 44:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7And they said to him, Why does my lord say these words? God forbid that your servants should do such a thing as this:

    8Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan: how then should we steal silver or gold from your lord's house?

  • Gen 42:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11We are all one man's sons; we are honest men, your servants are not spies.

    12And he said to them, No, but to see the nakedness of the land you have come.

  • Josh 6:22
    71%

    22But Joshua had said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out from there the woman, and all that she has, as you swore to her.

  • Judg 11:10
    71%

    10And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not do according to your words.

  • Ruth 1:10
    71%

    10And they said to her, Surely we will return with you to your people.

  • Gen 24:57
    71%

    57So they said, "We will call the young woman and ask her personally."

  • Judg 21:7
    71%

    7What shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them our daughters as wives?

  • Gen 24:37
    71%

    37Now my master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;

  • Judg 21:22
    71%

    22And it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to us to complain, that we will say to them, Be kind to them for our sakes, because we did not reserve each man his wife in the war; for you did not give them to them at this time, so you would not be guilty.

  • Num 30:10
    70%

    10And if she vowed in her husband's house or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

  • Gen 44:10
    70%

    10And he said, Now also let it be according to your words: the one with whom it is found shall be my servant; and you shall be blameless.

  • Gen 34:15
    70%

    15But in this will we consent unto you: If you will become as we are, that every male of you be circumcised,

  • Gen 44:32
    70%

    32For your servant became a guarantee for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever.

  • Jer 42:5
    70%

    5Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not act according to all the things for which the LORD your God shall send you to us.

  • 1 Sam 14:9
    69%

    9If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand still in our place and not go up to them.

  • Josh 9:6
    69%

    6And they went to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: now therefore make a treaty with us.

  • Judg 4:20
    69%

    20Then he said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and if anyone comes and asks you, Is there a man here? you shall say, No.

  • Gen 34:17
    69%

    17But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and leave.

  • Josh 9:11
    69%

    11Therefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants: therefore now make a treaty with us.

  • Judg 21:1
    69%

    1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, None of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.