Hebrews 6:16

Webster's Bible (1833)

For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

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  • Exod 22:11 : 11 the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.
  • Josh 9:15-20 : 15 Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them. 16 It happened at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them. 17 The children of Israel traveled, and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim. 18 The children of Israel didn't strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. All the congregation murmured against the princes. 19 But all the princes said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. 20 This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.
  • 2 Sam 21:2 : 2 The king called the Gibeonites, and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them: and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);
  • Ezek 17:16-20 : 16 As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons. 18 For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely my oath that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, I will even bring it on his own head. 20 I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.
  • Matt 23:20-22 : 20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it. 21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it. 22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
  • Heb 6:13 : 13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,
  • Gen 14:22 : 22 Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
  • Gen 21:23 : 23 Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner."
  • Gen 21:30-31 : 30 He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well." 31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba,{Beersheba can mean "well of the oath" or "well of seven."} because they both swore there.
  • Gen 31:53 : 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.

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  • Heb 6:17-18
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    17 In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

    18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

  • Heb 6:13
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    13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,

  • Jas 5:12
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    12 But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you don't fall into hypocrisy.{TR reads "under judgment" instead of "into hypocrisy"}

  • 1 Chr 16:16-17
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    16 [The covenant] which he made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac,

    17 Confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

  • Heb 7:20-22
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    20 Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath

    21 (for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, "The Lord swore and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever, According to the order of Melchizedek'".

    22 By so much has Jesus become the collateral of a better covenant.

  • Heb 6:15
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    15 Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

  • Gal 3:15
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    15 Brothers, I speak like men. Though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.

  • Num 30:2
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    2 When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, 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.

  • Isa 65:16
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    16 so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes.

  • Matt 5:33-34
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    33 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'

    34 but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;

  • Rev 10:6
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    6 and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay,

  • Ps 105:9-10
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    9 The covenant which he made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac,

    10 And confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

  • Gen 21:24
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    24 Abraham said, "I will swear."

  • Lev 5:4
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    4 "'Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty of one of these.

  • Matt 23:20-22
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    20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.

    21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.

    22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

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

  • Gen 22:16
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    16 and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
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    31 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before your altar in this house;

  • 2 Chr 6:22
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    22 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house;

  • 2 Chr 15:14
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    14 They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

  • Gen 21:31
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    31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba,{Beersheba can mean "well of the oath" or "well of seven."} because they both swore there.

  • Matt 23:18
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    18 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.'

  • Heb 7:7
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    7 But without any dispute the less is blessed by the better.

  • Heb 9:16-17
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    16 For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him who made it.

    17 For a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives.

  • Heb 8:6
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    6 But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

  • Heb 7:28
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    28 For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.

  • Hos 10:4
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    4 They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

  • Job 17:3
    65%

    3 "Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

  • Exod 22:11
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    11 the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

  • Prov 17:18
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    18 A man void of understanding strikes hands, And becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

  • Deut 19:17
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    17 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;

  • Matt 5:37
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    37 But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'no.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

  • Ezek 17:18
    65%

    18 For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape.

  • Num 30:10
    65%

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

  • Heb 3:11
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    11 As I swore in my wrath, 'They will not enter into my rest.'"

  • Ps 119:106
    65%

    106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will obey your righteous ordinances.

  • Heb 4:3
    65%

    3 For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

  • Exod 17:16
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    16 He said, "Yah has sworn: 'Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.'"

  • Num 30:13
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    13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

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