Genesis 21:23

New American Bible - revised edition

So now, swear to me by God at this place that you will not deal falsely with me or with my progeny and posterity, but will act as loyally toward me and the land in which you reside as I have acted toward you.”

Cross References

Genesis 20:14

Then Abimelech took flocks and herds and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham; and he restored his wife Sarah to him.

Genesis 21:24

Abraham replied, “I so swear.”

Genesis 24:3

and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live,

Genesis 26:28

They answered: “We clearly see that the Lord has been with you, so we thought: let there be a sworn agreement between our two sides—between you and us. Let us make a covenant with you:

Genesis 31:44

Come, now, let us make a covenant, you and I; and it will be a treaty between you and me.”

Genesis 31:53

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us!” Jacob took the oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.

Genesis 39:3

When his master saw that the Lord was with him and brought him success in whatever he did,

Genesis 47:31

But his father demanded, “Swear it to me!” So Joseph swore to him. Then Israel bowed at the head of the bed.

Jeremiah 4:2

And swear, “As the Lord lives,” in truth, in judgment, and in justice, Then the nations shall bless themselves in him and in him glory.

2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call upon God as witness, on my life, that it is to spare you that I have not yet gone to Corinth.

Deuteronomy 6:13

The Lord, your God, shall you fear; him shall you serve, and by his name shall you swear.

Hebrews 6:16

Human beings swear by someone greater than themselves; for them an oath serves as a guarantee and puts an end to all argument.

Joshua 2:12

Now then, swear to me by the Lord that, since I am showing kindness to you, you in turn will show kindness to my family. Give me a reliable sign

1 Samuel 20:13

Should it please my father to bring any harm upon you, may the Lord do thus to Jonathan and more, if I do not inform you of it and send you on your way in peace. May the Lord be with you even as he was with my father.

1 Samuel 20:17

And in his love for David, Jonathan renewed his oath to him, because he loved him as he loved himself.

1 Samuel 20:42

At length Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, in keeping with what the two of us have sworn by the name of the Lord: ‘The Lord shall be between you and me, and between your offspring and mine forever.’”

1 Samuel 30:15

David then asked him, “Will you lead me down to these raiders?” He answered, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will lead you down to the raiders.”