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by the band of God; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

2 Sam. xix. 28-30. For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table: what right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king? And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.

Job vi, 28. Now therefore be content; look upon me: for it is evident unto you if I lie.

Job xv, 6. Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not 1; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Job xvii, 10. But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

Job xix, 28. But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

Job xxiv, 25. And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing

worth.

Job xxxiv, 36. My desire is, that Job may be tried unto the end, because of his answers for wicked men.

Job xxxv, 16. Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

REPROOF.

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Ps. cxli, 5, 6. Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness; and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words: for they are sweet.

Prov. ix, 7-9. He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

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Prov. x, 17. He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

Prov. xii, 1. Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Prov. xlii, 18. Poverty and shame shall be to him that refus eth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. Prov. xv, 10,12,31,32 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way; and he that hateth reproof shall die. A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him; neither will he go unto the wise. The ear that heareth the reproof of life, abideth among the wise. Не that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

Prov. xvii, 10. A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Prov. xxiv, 25. But to them that rebuke hom shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon

them.

Prov. xxv, 12. As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Prov. xxvii, 5. Open rebuke is better than secret love.

sake the law praise the wicked: Prov. xxviii, 4. They that forbut such as keep the law contend with them.

Eccles. vii, 5. It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Amos v, 10. They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

1 Tim. v, 1. 2, 20. Rebuke not father; and the younger men as an elder, but entreat him as a brethren, The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

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Gen. xxi. 25. And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

Gen. xxvi, 26, 27. Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

Matth. xvi, 22 23. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee,

Lord: this shall not be unto thee. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan; thou art an offence unto me; for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

Gal. ii, 11-13. But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew, and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.

THE EXPRESSION OF GOOD RESOLUTIONS.

NATIONAL.

Exod. xix, 8. And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.

Exod. xxiv, 3. And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judg ments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD

hath said will we do.

Deut. v, 27, 28. Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall sy; and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee, and we will hear it, and do it. And the

LORD heard the voice of your and the LORD said unto me, I words, when ye spake unto me; have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have spoken. well said all that they have

Josh xxiv, 15. 16, 18, 21, 22-24. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served, that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. And the people an swered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods: And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land; therefore will we also serve the LORD, for he is our God. And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are wit nesses against yourselves that ye

have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

Josh. xxiv, 23, 24. Now thereput away (said he) the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

Jer. xlii, 6. Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey

the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey

the voice of the LORD our God.

INDIVIDUAL.

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Gen. xxxi, 13. I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar,and where thou vowedst

and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

OBLIGATION OF KEEPING Vows.

Num. xxx, 2. If a man vow a oath to bind his soul with a bond; Vow unto the LORD, or swear an

he shall not break his word, he

he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

Deut. xxiii, 21, 23. When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD

thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it

Ps. xvil, 3. Thou hast proved a vow unto me: now arise, get Would be sin in thee. That which

mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing: I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Ps. xxvi, 11. But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto

me.

Ps. cxvi, 9. I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. Ps. cxix. 57. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

Matth. xxvi, 33, 35. Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Like wise also said all the disciples.

thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

Num. xxi, 2, 3. And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If

thou wilt indeed deliver this

people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.

2 Sam. xv, 7. And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.

Ps. Ivi, 12. Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

Ps. 1xi, 5. For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

Ps. cxxxii, 1-5. LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions: How

Mark xiv, 29-31. But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice, he sware unto the LORD,and vowed But he spake the more vehement- unto the mighty Godof Jacob; Surely, It I should die with thee, I will ly I will not come into the tabernot deny thee in any wise. Like-nacle of my house, nor go up into wise also said they all.

Luke xxii. 33. And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee both into prison, and to

death.

VOWS.

Lev. xxii, 18. Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his free-will offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt-offering.

Deut. xxiii 22. But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

Ps. lxxvi, 11. Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be

my bed; I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

Prov. xxxi, 2. What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

Isa. xix, 21. And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.

Jonah 1, 16. Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.

Acts xviii, 18. And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while,

is gone out of thy lips thou shalt

keep and perform; even a tree willvowed unto the LORD thy God, offering, according as thou hast which thou has promised with thy

mouth.

Job xxii, 27. Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy

YOWS.

Ps. xxii, 25. My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

Ps. 1, 14. Offer unto God thanks giving, and pay thy vows unto the most High.

Ps. Ixi, 8. So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.

Ps. lxv, 1. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

Ps. lxvi, 13. I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will pay thee my vows.

Ps. cxvi, 14, 16--19. I will pay my VOWS unto the LORD

now in the presence of all his people. O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant,

and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

Prov. vii, 14. I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.

Eccles. v, 4-6. When thou voWest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. Suffer not thy mouth to cause

thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error......

Jonah ii, 9. But I will sacrifice anto thee with the voice of thanksgiving, I will pay that that I have Vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

RASH VOWS.

Judges xi, 30, 31. And Jephthah Vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.

Acts xxiii, 12--15. And when it
was day, certain of the Jews
banded together, and bound them-
selves under a curse, saying that
they would neither eat nor drink
And
till they had killed Paul.
they were more than forty which
had made this conspiracy. And
they came to the chief priests and
elders, and said, We have bound
ourselves under a great curse,
that we will eat nothing until we
have slain Paul. Now therefore
ye with the council signify to the
chiet captain, that he bring him
down unto you to-morrow, as
though ye would enquire some-
thing more perfectly concerning
him: and we, or ever he come
near, are ready to kill him.

SPECIAL CASE OF NON-OBLIGA-
TION.

bound her soul, of none effect;
and the LORD shall forgive her.
But every vow of a widow, and of
her that is divorced, wherewith
And if she
they have bound their souls, shall
stand against her.
vowed in her husband's house, or
bound her soul by a bond with an
oath; And her husband heard it,
and held his peace at her, and dis-
allowed her not; then all her
Vows shall stand, and every bond
wherewith she bound her soul
shall stand. But if her husband
hath utterly made them void on
the day he heard them; then
whatsoever proceeded out of her
lips concerning her vows, or con-
Cerning the bond of her soul, shall
them void; and the LORD shall for-
give her. Every vow, and every
binding oath to afflict the soul,
her husband may establish it, or
her husband may make it void.
But if her husband altogether hold
his peace at her from day to day;
then he establisheth all her vows,
or all her bonds, which are upon
her: he confirmeth them, because
he held his peace at her in the
day that he heard them. But if
he shall any wise make them vold,
after that he hath heard them; then
he shall bear her iniquity. These
are the statutes which the LORD
commanded Moses between a
man and his wife, between the
father and his daughter, being yet
her youth in her father's
in
house.

not stand: her husband hath made

BENEDICTION.

Gen. xxxii, 26. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

Num. Xxx, 3--16. If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, Gen. xlvii, 10. And Jacob blessand bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;ed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

and

And her father hear her vow,
her boud wherewith she hath
bound her soul, and her father
shall hold his peace at her: then
all her vows shall stand, and
every bond wherewith she hath
bound her soul shall stand. But
if her father disallow her in the
day that he heareth; not any of
her vows, or of her bonds, where-
with she hath bound her soul,
shall stand; and the LORD shall
forgive her, because her father
disallowed her. And if she had
at all an husband when she vowed,
or uttered aught out of her lips,
wherewith she bound her soul.
And her husband hear it,and held
his peace at her in the day that
he heard it; then her vows shall
stand, and her bonds wherewith

she bound her soul shall stand.
But in her husband disallowed her
on the day that he heard it; then
he shall make her vow which she
Vowed, and that which she utter-
ed with her lips, wherewith she

Gen. xlviii, 4, 8, 9. And said unto
me, Behold, I will make thee
fruitful, and multiply thee, and I
will make of thee a multitude of
people; and will give this land to
And Israel
thy seed after thee, for an ever-
lasting possession.
beheld Joseph's sons, and said,
Who are these? And Joseph said
unto his father, They are my sons,
whom God hath given me in this
place. And he said, Bring them,
pray thee, unto me, and I will
bless them.

for the precious things of the
earth, and fulness thereof; and for
the good will of him that dwelt
in the bush: let the blessing come
upon the top of the head of him
upon the head of Joseph, and
was separated from his
that

brethren.

Josh. xiv, 13. And Joshua bless

inheritance.
ed him, and gave unto Caleb the
son of Jephunneh Hebron for an

1 Sam. xxvi, 25. Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

2 Sam. vi, 18. And as soon as David had made an end of offer

ingburnt-offeringsand peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.

1 Chron. xvi, 2, 43. And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-off rings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD. And all the people departed, every man to his house: And David returned to bless his house.

Ps. cxviii. 26... We have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.

Jer. xxxi. 23. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah, and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; the LORD bless thee. O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.

Deut. xi, 26-29. Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your day; And a curse, if ye will not God, which I command you this obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

ENTREATY.

Judges xvi. 16. And it came to with her words, and urged him, 80 pass, when she pressed him daily that his soul was vexed unto death.

Ruth i, 16-18. And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or

Lev. ix, 22. And Aaron lifted up to return from following after his hand toward the people, and thee: for whither thou goes, I blessed them; and came down will go; and where thou lodigest, I from offering of the sin-offering, will lodge: thy people shall be my and the burnt-offering, and peace-people, and thy God my God: offerings.

Deut. xxxiii, 1, 16. And this is
the blessing wherewith Moses the
man of God blessed the children
667
of Israel before his death. And

Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. When she saw that she was sted

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Deut. vi, 18. Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

Deut. x, 20. Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve,and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

Joshua xxii, 21-23. Then the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, answered and said unto the heads of the thousands of Is rael, The LORD God of gods, the the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression

against the LORD, (save us not this day,) That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or it to offer thereon burnt offering, or meat-offering, or if to offer peace-offerings thereon, let the LORD aimselt require it.

1 Sam. xx, 12, 23. And Jonathan said unto David. And as touching the matter of which thou and i have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever. 1 Sam. xxiv. 15. The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

1 Kings vill, 31, 32. If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house: Then hear thou in heaven.....

Job xvi, 19. Also now, behold my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

Isaiah Ixv, 16. That he who blesseth himself in the earth, shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth, shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

Jer. iv, 2. And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness.

Jer. xil, 16. And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; (as they taught my people to swear by Baal;) then shall they be built in the midst of my people.

Rom. i, 9. For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers.

Rom. ix, 1. I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost.

Phil, i, 8. For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all

in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

1 Thess. ii, 5. For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness.

Heb. vi, 16. For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

OBLIGATION OF AN OATH. Gen. xxiv, 41. Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give thee not one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

Lev. v, 4. Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

Josh. ii, 14-20. And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go

your way.

And the men said

unto her, We will be blameless of made us swear. Behold, when we this thine oath which thou hast come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee. And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

Josh. vi, 22. But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and ali that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

Josh. ix, 18. And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

Jud. xxi, 18. Howbeit, we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Is rael have sworn, saying Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

1 Sam. xx, 42. And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, Saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

2 Sam. xix, 23. Therefore the king said unto Shimei. Thou shalt not die: and the king sware unto him.

2 Sam. xxl, 2, 7. And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them: (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the children of Israel had sworn unto them; and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah:) But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the

oath that was between them, beson of Saul, because of the LORD'S tween David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

thou hast with thee Shimei the 1 Kings i, 8, 9. And, behold, son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous cur-e in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, Saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

Ps. cxix, 106. I have sworn and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

Ezek. xvii, 16--19. As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dicelleth that despised, and whose covenant he made him king, whose oath he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. Neither shall Pharaoh, with his mighty army and great company, make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons: Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these

things, he shall not escape. Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As I live, su ely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

Mark vi, 26. And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject

her.

INSTANCES IN THE OLD TESTA-
MENT.

Gen. xiv, 22. And Abram sald to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth.

Gen. xxi, 22--24, 31. And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: Now therefore swear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. And Abraham said, I will swear. Wherefore he called

that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

Gen. xxiv, 2, 3,9. And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he

bad, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh; And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

Gen. xxxi, 53. The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.

Gen. xlvii, 31. And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware

unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.

Josh. ii, 12. Now therefore, I pray you, sware unto me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token.

Josh. ix. 15. And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

Josh. xiv, 9. And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.

up unto the hold.

Jud. vill, 19. And he said, They | but David and his men gat them were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

1 Sam. xiv, 24--28, 39, 44, 45. And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: Wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his Then eyes were enlightened.' answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him. And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth; there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

1 Sam. xix, 6. And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

1 Sam. xx 3 But truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and

death,

1 Sam. xx, 13, 17. The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father. And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

1 Sam. xxiv, 21, 22. Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house. And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home;

1 Sam. xxx, 15. And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.

2 Sam. iii, 35. And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or

ought else, till the sun be down.

2 Sam. iv, 9. And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothiite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity.

2 Sam. xv, 21. And Ittai answered the king, and said. As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.

2 Sam. xix, 7. Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the

evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

1 Kings 1, 29. 30. And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my thone, in my stead: even so will I certainly do this day.

1 Kings ii, 23, 24, 42, 43. Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set ine on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised Adonijah, shall be put to death this day. And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make theetoswear bythe LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good. Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

1 Kings xviii 10 15. As the

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