Joshua 9:20

Tree of Life Version

This is what we will do to them: We will let them live, lest wrath be upon us because of the oath which we swore to them.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:13

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him take an oath by God. He also stiffened his neck and hardened his heart so as not to turn to Adonai, the God of Israel.

Proverbs 20:25

It is a trap for one to say rashly, “It is holy!” and only afterward to consider his vows.

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers those who extort a worker’s wage, or oppress the widow or an orphan, those who mislead a stranger. They do not fear Me,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.

Romans 1:31

They are foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

1 Timothy 1:10

the sexually immoral, homosexuals, slave-traders, liars, perjurers, and for anything else that opposes sound teaching—

Joshua 9:19

but all the leaders answered the entire community, “We have sworn to them by Adonai, God of Israel, so now we cannot touch them.

Joshua 9:21

“Yes, let them live,” the leaders said further, “but let them chop wood and draw water for the entire community.” So the leaders decreed concerning them.