Hebrews 6:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.”
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“Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation <FI>is<Fi> the oath,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hebrews 6:16 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 14:22But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
- Genesis 21:23Now, 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 which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”
- Genesis 21:24And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”
- Genesis 21:30He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
- Genesis 31:53May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
- Exodus 22:11an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.
- Joshua 9:15And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
- 2 Samuel 21:2At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
- Ezekiel 17:16‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
- Matthew 23:20So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
- Hebrews 6:13When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
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