Joshua 9:19
New King James Version
19 Then all the rulers said to all the congregation, “We have sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel; now therefore, we may not touch them.
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Ecclesiastes 8:2
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Obey Authorities for God’s Sake
2 I say, “Keep the king’s commandment (A)for the sake of your oath to God.
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Jeremiah 4:2
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2 (A)And you shall swear, ‘The Lord lives,’
(B)In truth, in [a]judgment, and in righteousness;
(C)The nations shall bless themselves in Him,
And in Him they shall (D)glory.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:2 justice
Ecclesiastes 9:2
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2 (A)All things come alike to all:
One event happens to the righteous and the wicked;
To the [a]good, the clean, and the unclean;
To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.
As is the good, so is the sinner;
He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 9:2 LXX, Syr., Vg. good and bad,
Joshua 9:20
New King James Version
20 This we will do to them: We will let them live, lest (A)wrath be upon us because of the oath which we swore to them.”
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