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Thou didst give them bread from heaven for their hunger and bring forth water for them from the rock for their thirst, and thou didst tell them to go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. (Nehemiah 9, 15)
For Raguel has sworn that I should not leave; (Tobit 9, 3)
And she answered him, "Be still and stop deceiving me; my child has perished." And she went out every day to the road by which they had left; she ate nothing in the daytime, and throughout the nights she never stopped mourning for her son Tobias, until the fourteen days of the wedding feast had expired which Raguel had sworn that he should spend there. At that time Tobias said to Raguel, "Send me back, for my father and mother have given up hope of ever seeing me again." (Tobit 10, 7)
They came to her, and she said to them, "Listen to me, rulers of the people of Bethulia! What you have said to the people today is not right; you have even sworn and pronounced this oath between God and you, promising to surrender the city to our enemies unless the Lord turns and helps us within so many days. (Judith 8, 11)
Thou hast said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant: (Psalms 89, 3)
Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David. (Psalms 89, 35)
the covenant which he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac, (Psalms 105, 9)
The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchiz'edek." (Psalms 110, 4)
I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to observe thy righteous ordinances. (Psalms 119, 106)
But when the king entered Mount Zion and saw what a strong fortress the place was, he broke the oath he had sworn and gave orders to tear down the wall all around. (1 Maccabees 6, 62)
Therefore Menelaus, taking Andronicus aside, urged him to kill Onias. Andronicus came to Onias, and resorting to treachery offered him sworn pledges and gave him his right hand, and in spite of his suspicion persuaded Onias to come out from the place of sanctuary; then, with no regard for justice, he immediately put him out of the way. (2 Maccabees 4, 34)
A man who swears many oaths will be filled with iniquity, and the scourge will not leave his house; if he offends, his sin remains on him, and if he disregards it, he sins doubly; if he has sworn needlessly, he will not be justified, for his house will be filled with calamities. (Ecclesiasticus 24, 11)
