Joshua 2:20
2:20 If you should report what we’ve been up to,
we are not bound by this oath you made us swear.”
Genesis 24:3-8
24:3 so that I may make you solemnly promise
by the
Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire
a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.
24:4 You must go instead to my country and to my relatives
to find
a wife for my son Isaac.”
24:5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
24:6 “Be careful never to take my son back there!” Abraham told him.
24:7 “The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath, ‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there.
24:8 But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, you will be free from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!”
Exodus 20:7
20:7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.
Leviticus 19:11-12
Dealing Honestly
19:11 “‘You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.
19:12 You must not swear falsely in my name, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.
Numbers 30:2
30:2 If a man
makes a vow
to the
Lord or takes an oath
of binding obligation on himself,
he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised.
Numbers 30:2
30:2 If a man
makes a vow
to the
Lord or takes an oath
of binding obligation on himself,
he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised.
Numbers 21:1-2
Victory at Hormah
21:1 When the Canaanite king of Arad who lived in the Negev heard that Israel was approaching along the road to Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoner.
21:2 So Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into our hand, then we will utterly destroy their cities.”
Numbers 21:7
21:7 Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the
Lord and against you. Pray to the
Lord that he would take away
the snakes from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.