Genesis 14:22-23
14:22 But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand
to the
Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow
14:23 that I will take nothing
belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say, ‘It is I
who made Abram rich.’
Exodus 6:8
6:8 I will bring you to the land I swore to give
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob – and I will give it to you
as a possession. I am the
Lord!’”
Deuteronomy 32:40-42
32:40 For I raise up my hand to heaven,
and say, ‘As surely as I live forever,
32:41 I will sharpen my lightning-like sword,
and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment;
I will execute vengeance on my foes,
and repay those who hate me!
32:42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and my sword will devour flesh –
the blood of the slaughtered and captured,
the chief of the enemy’s leaders!’”
Ezekiel 20:15
20:15 I also swore
to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them – a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.
Revelation 10:5-6
10:5 Then
the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven
10:6 and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, “There will be no more delay!