Joshua 2:12
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12 Now then, since I have dealt kindly with you, swear to me by the Lord that you in turn will deal kindly with my family. Give me a sign of good faith(A)
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Joshua 2:18
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18 if we invade the land and you do not tie this crimson cord in the window through which you let us down and you do not gather into your house your father and mother, your brothers, and all your family.(A)
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James 2:13
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13 For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.(A)
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2 Timothy 1:16-18
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16 May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;(A) 17 when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly[a] searched for me and found me 18 —may the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well how much service he rendered in Ephesus.(B)
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- 1.17 Or promptly
1 Timothy 5:8
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8 And whoever does not provide for relatives, and especially for family members, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.(A)
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Romans 1:31
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31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.(A)
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Mark 14:44
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44 Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man; arrest him and lead him away under guard.”
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Ezekiel 9:4-6
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4 and said to him, “Go through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of those who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.”(A) 5 To the others he said in my hearing, “Pass through the city after him and kill; your eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity.(B) 6 Cut down old men, young men and young women, little children and women, but touch no one who has the mark. And begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the house.(C)
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Jeremiah 12:16
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16 And then, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, “As the Lord lives,” as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.(A)
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Esther 8:6
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6 For how can I bear to see the calamity that is coming on my people? Or how can I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”(A)
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2 Chronicles 36:13
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13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord, the God of Israel.(A)
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1 Samuel 30:15
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15 David said to him, “Will you take me down to this raiding party?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to them.”
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1 Samuel 24:21-22
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21 Swear to me, therefore, by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendants after me and that you will not wipe out my name from my father’s house.”(A) 22 So David swore this to Saul. Then Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.(B)
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1 Samuel 20:14-17
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14 If I am still alive, show me the faithful love of the Lord, but if I die,[a] 15 never cut off your faithful love from my house, even if the Lord were to cut off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”(A) 16 Thus Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the Lord seek out the enemies of David.” 17 Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own life.(B)
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- 20.14 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Joshua 9:18-20
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18 But the Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. Then all the congregation murmured against the leaders.(A) 19 But all the leaders said to all the congregation, “We have sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and now we must not touch them. 20 This is what we will do to them: we will let them live, so that wrath may not come upon us, because of the oath that we swore to them.”
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Joshua 9:15
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15 And Joshua made peace with them, guaranteeing their lives by a treaty, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.(A)
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Joshua 2:13
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13 that you will spare my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them and deliver our lives from death.”
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Exodus 12:13
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13 The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
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Genesis 24:9
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9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.(A)
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Genesis 24:3
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3 and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,(A)
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