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1 Samuel 17 55
As Saul watched David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, commander of the army,“ Abner, whose son is that young man?” Abner replied,“ As surely as you live, Your Majesty, I don’t know.” (niv)
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Genesis 42:12
“ No!” he said to them.“ You have come to see where our land is unprotected.” (niv)
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Deuteronomy 6:13
Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. (niv)
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Matthew 23:16-22
“ Woe to you, blind guides! You say,‘ If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?You also say,‘ If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.’You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?Therefore, anyone who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.And anyone who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it.And anyone who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the one who sits on it. (niv)
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Genesis 43:3
But Judah said to him,“ The man warned us solemnly,‘ You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’ (niv)
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Genesis 42:20
But you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified and that you may not die.” This they proceeded to do. (niv)
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Genesis 42:16
Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!” (niv)
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Jeremiah 5:2
Although they say,‘ As surely as the Lord lives,’ still they are swearing falsely.” (niv)
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Genesis 42:30
“ The man who is lord over the land spoke harshly to us and treated us as though we were spying on the land. (niv)
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Genesis 42:7
As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them.“ Where do you come from?” he asked.“ From the land of Canaan,” they replied,“ to buy food.” (niv)
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Genesis 44:20-34
And we answered,‘ We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’“ Then you said to your servants,‘ Bring him down to me so I can see him for myself.’And we said to my lord,‘ The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.’But you told your servants,‘ Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’When we went back to your servant my father, we told him what my lord had said.“ Then our father said,‘ Go back and buy a little more food.’But we said,‘ We cannot go down. Only if our youngest brother is with us will we go. We cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’“ Your servant my father said to us,‘ You know that my wife bore me two sons.One of them went away from me, and I said,“ He has surely been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.If you take this one from me too and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in misery.’“ So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant my father, and if my father, whose life is closely bound up with the boy’s life,sees that the boy isn’t there, he will die. Your servants will bring the gray head of our father down to the grave in sorrow.Your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father. I said,‘ If I do not bring him back to you, I will bear the blame before you, my father, all my life!’“ Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father.” (niv)
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1 Samuel 1 26
and she said to him,“ Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord. (niv)
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1 Samuel 20 3
But David took an oath and said,“ Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said to himself,‘ Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.’ Yet as surely as the Lord lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.” (niv)
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Jeremiah 5:7
“ Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I supplied all their needs, yet they committed adultery and thronged to the houses of prostitutes. (niv)
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Matthew 5:33-37
“ Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago,‘ Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.’But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.All you need to say is simply‘ Yes’ or‘ No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. (niv)
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Genesis 42:34
But bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’” (niv)
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James 5:12
Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear— not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple“ Yes” or“ No.” Otherwise you will be condemned. (niv)
