1 I SWEAR to you, my children, but I swear not by any oath, neither by heaven nor by earth, nor by any other creature which God created. (2EN)
2 Enoch 49:1
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Book of Enoch 103:1–2
1 Now, therefore, I swear to you, the righteous, by the glory of the Great and Honoured and (ENO) 2 Mighty One in dominion, and by His greatness I swear to you. I know a mystery And have read the heavenly tablets, And have seen the holy books, And have found written the… (ENO)
Matthew 5:33–35
33 Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’ 34 But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; 35 or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it…
Genesis 21:22–24
22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do. 23 Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in…
Book of Jubilees 36:6–8
6 Remember ye, my sons, the Lord God of Abraham your father, and how I too worshipped Him and served Him in righteousness and in joy, that He might multiply you and increase your seed as the stars of heaven in multitude, and establish you on the earth as the pl… (JUB)
Deuteronomy 32:39–41
39 See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand. 40 For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever, 41 when I sharpen My flashing sword, an…
Deuteronomy 29:13–15
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Judith 7:27–29
27 For it is better for us to be captured by them. For we will be servants, and our souls will live, and we will not see the death of our babies before our eyes, and our wives and our children fainting in death. (WEB) 28 We take to witness against you the sky and the eart… (WEB)
2 Esdras 2:4–6
4 But now what can I do for you? For I am a widow and forsaken. Go your way, my children, and ask for mercy from the Lord.’ (WEB) 5 As for me, O father, I call upon you for a witness in addition to the mother of these children, because they would not keep my covenant, (WEB) 6 th… (WEB)
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