Joshua 9:20

God's Word

We must let them live to avoid ⌞the Lord’s⌟ anger because of the oath we swore.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:13

Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar had made Zedekiah swear an oath of allegiance to him in God’s name. But Zedekiah became so stubborn and so impossible to deal with that he refused to turn back to the Lord God of Israel.

Proverbs 20:25

It is a trap for a person to say impulsively, “This is a holy offering!” and later to have second thoughts about those vows.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to judge you. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers, lying witnesses, and those who cheat workers out of their wages and oppress widows and orphans. I will also testify against those who deprive foreigners of their rights. None of them fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.

Romans 1:31

don’t have any sense, don’t keep promises, and don’t show love to their own families or mercy to others.

1 Timothy 1:10

Laws are intended for people involved in sexual sins, for homosexuals, for kidnappers, for liars, for those who lie when they take an oath, and for whatever else is against accurate teachings.

Joshua 9:19

But all the leaders said to them, “We have sworn an oath about them to the Lord God of Israel, so we cannot touch them now.

Joshua 9:21

The leaders said that they should be allowed to live. So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation, as the leaders had said.