Genesis 21:23

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but as I have dealt loyally with you, you will deal with me and with the land where you have sojourned.”

Cross References

Genesis 20:14

Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah his wife to him.

Genesis 21:24

And Abraham said, “I will swear.”

Genesis 24:3

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

Genesis 26:28

They said, “We see plainly that the Lord is with you; so we say, let there be an oath between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you,

Genesis 31:44

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

Genesis 31:53

The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac,

Genesis 39:3

and his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hands.

Genesis 47:31

And he said, “Swear to me”; and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the head of his bed.

Jeremiah 4:2

and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in uprightness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.”

2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth.

Deuteronomy 6:13

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

Hebrews 6:16

Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation.

Joshua 2:12

Now then, swear to me by the Lord that as I have dealt kindly with you, you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a sure sign,

1 Samuel 20:13

But should it please my father to do you harm, the Lord do so to Jonathan and more also, if I do not disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in safety. May the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.

1 Samuel 20:17

And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

1 Samuel 20:42

Then Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants, for ever.’ ” And he rose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.

1 Samuel 30:15

And David said to him, “Will you take me down to this band?” And he said, “Swear to me by God, that you will not kill me, or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will take you down to this band.”