Hebrews 6:16

Coverdale Bible (1535)

As for men, they sweare by him that is greater then them selues: and the ooth is the ende of all stryfe to confirme the thinge amoge them.

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  • Exod 22:11 : 11 then shall there an ooth of the LORDE go betwene them, that he hath not put his hande vnto his neghbours good: and the owner of ye good shal accepte it, so that the other shall not make it good.
  • Josh 9:15-20 : 15 And Iosua made peace with them, and set vp a couenaunt with them, that they shulde be saued alyue, and the rulers of the congregacion sware vnto them. 16 But thre dayes after that they had made a couenaunt with them, they herde, that they were their neghbours, and dwelt amonge them: 17 For as the children of Israel wente forth on their iourney, they came on the thirde daye vnto their cities, which are called Gibeon, Caphira, Beeroth, and Cirath Iearim, 18 and smote the not, because that the rulers of the congregacisn had sworne vnto them by the name of the LORDE the God of Israel. But whan all the congregacion murmured agaynst the rulers, 19 all the rulers sayde vnto the whole congregacion: We haue sworne vnto them by the LORDE the God of Israel, therfore maye we not touch them. 20 But this wil we do vnto them: Let them lyue, that there come no wrath vpon vs, because of the ooth that we haue made vnto them.
  • 2 Sam 21:2 : 2 Then the kynge caused for to call the Gibeonites, and spake vnto them. (As for the Gibeonites, they were not of ye children of Israel, but a remnaunt of the Amorites: howbeit the children of Israel had sworne vnto the, and Saul soughte for to smyte them in his gelousy, for the childre of Israel and Iuda.)
  • Ezek 17:16-20 : 16 As truly as I lyue, saieth the LORDE God: He shal dye at Babilon, in ye place where the kinge dwelleth, that made him kinge: whose ooth he hath despised, and whose couenaunt he hat broken. 17 Nether shall Pharao with his greate hoost and multitude of people, maynteyne him in the warre: when they cast vp diches, and set vp bulworkes to destroye moch people. 18 For seinge he hath despysed the ooth, and broken the couenaunt (where as he yet gaue his honde thervpon) and done all these thinges, he shall not escape. 19 Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God: As truly as I lyue, I will bringe myne ooth that he hath despysed, and my couenaunt that he hath broken, vpon his owne heade. 20 I wil cast my net aboute him, and catch him in my yarne. To Babilon will I cary him, there will I punysh him, because of the greate offence that he made me.
  • Matt 23:20-22 : 20 Therfore who so sweareth by the altare, sweareth by the same, and by all that is theron: 21 and who so sweareth by the temple, sweareth by the same, and by him that dwelleth therin. 22 And who so sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the seate of God, and by him that sytteth theron.
  • Heb 6:13 : 13 For whan God made promes to Abraham, because he had none greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe,
  • Gen 14:22 : 22 But Abram sayde vnto the kinge of Sodome: I lift vp my honde vnto the LORDE the most hye God, possessor of heauen and earth,
  • Gen 21:23 : 23 Therfore sweare now vnto me by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, ner my children, ner my childers children: but that thou shalt shewe vnto me (and to the londe wherin thou art a straunger) the same kyndnesse that I haue done vnto the.
  • Gen 21:30-31 : 30 He answered: seue lambes shalt thou take of my hande, that they maye be wytnes vnto me, that I haue dygged this well. 31 Therfore is the place called Berseba, because they sware there both together.
  • Gen 31:53 : 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, and the God of their fathers, be iudge betwene vs. And Iacob sware vnto him by the feare of his father Isaac.

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  • Heb 6:17-18
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    81%

    17But God, wyllinge very abundauntly to shewe vnto the heyres of promes the stablenes of his councell, added an ooth

    18yt by two immutable thinges (in the which it is vnpossible yt God shulde lye) we mighte haue a stronge consolacion: euen we, which are fled to holde fast the hope that is set before vs,

  • Heb 6:13
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    13For whan God made promes to Abraham, because he had none greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe,

  • Jas 5:12
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    12But aboue all thinges my brethre, sweare not, nether by heaue, nether by earth, nether by eny other othe. Let youre ye be ye, and yor naye naye: lest ye faule in to ypocricy.

  • 1 Chr 16:16-17
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    16Which he made with Abraham, & his ooth vnto Isaac.

    17And he comfirmed the same vnto Iacob for a perpetuall lawe, and to Israel for an euerlastinge couenaunt.

  • Heb 7:20-22
    3 verses
    71%

    20And for this cause is it a better hope, yt it was not promysed without an ooth.

    21Those prestes were made without an ooth, but this prest with an ooth, by him that sayde vnto him: The LORDE sware, and wyl not repente: Thou art a prest for euer after the order of Melchisedech.

    22Thus is Iesus become a stablissher of so moch a better Testamete.

  • Heb 6:15
    71%

    15And so he abode pacietly, and optayned the promes.

  • Gal 3:15
    70%

    15Brethren, I wil speake after the maner of men. Though it be but a mas Testamet, yet no man despyseth it, or addeth eny thinge therto, whan it is confirmed.

  • Num 30:2
    70%

    2Yf eny man make a vowe vnto the LORDE, or sweare an ooth, so that he binde his soule, he shal not breake his worde, but do all that is proceaded out of his mouth.

  • Isa 65:16
    69%

    16Who so reioyseth vpo earth, shall reioyse in the true God: And Who so sweareth vpo earth, shal sweare in the true God. For the olde enemite shalbe forgotten, and taken awaye out of my sight.

  • Matt 5:33-34
    2 verses
    68%

    33Agayne, ye haue herde, how it was sayde to the of olde tyme: Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt performe thyne ooth to God.

    34But I saye vnto you: sweare not at all, nether by heaue, for it is Godis seate:

  • Rev 10:6
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    6and swore by him that liueth for euermore, which created heauen, and the thinges that there in are, and ye see, and the thinges which are therin: that there shalbe nomore tyme:

  • Ps 105:9-10
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    68%

    9Yee the couenaunt that he made wt Abraham, and the ooth that he swore vnto Isaac.

    10And apoynted the same vnto Iacob for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlastinge testament.

  • Gen 21:24
    68%

    24Then sayde Abraham: I wyll sweare.

  • Lev 5:4
    68%

    4Or whan a soule sweareth, so yt he pronounceth wt his mouth to do euell or good (what so euer it be that a man pronounceth wt an ooth) & was not awarre of it, & afterwarde cometh to the knowlege therof, he hath offended in one of these.

  • Matt 23:20-22
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    68%

    20Therfore who so sweareth by the altare, sweareth by the same, and by all that is theron:

    21and who so sweareth by the temple, sweareth by the same, and by him that dwelleth therin.

    22And who so sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the seate of God, and by him that sytteth theron.

  • Luke 1:73
    67%

    73Euen the ooth yt he sware vnto oure father Abraham,

  • Gen 22:16
    66%

    16and sayde: I haue sworen by myne owne self (sayeth the LORDE) that for so moch as thou hast done this, and hast not spared thine onely sonne,

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
    66%

    31Whan eny ma synneth agaynst his neghboure, and taketh vpon him an ooth wherwith he byndeth him selfe, and ye ooth commeth before thine altare in this house,

  • 2 Chr 6:22
    66%

    22Whan eny ma synneth agaynst his neghboure, and an ooth be put vpon him which he ought to sweare, and the ooth commeth before thine altare in this house,

  • 2 Chr 15:14
    66%

    14and they sware vnto the LORDE with loude voyce, with shoutinge, with trompettes and with shawmes.

  • Gen 21:31
    66%

    31Therfore is the place called Berseba, because they sware there both together.

  • Matt 23:18
    66%

    18And who so euer sweareth by the altare, that is nothinge: but who so euer sweareth by the offeringe that is vpo it, he is giltye.

  • Heb 7:7
    66%

    7Now is it so without all naysayenge, that the lesse receaueth blessynge of ye better.

  • Heb 9:16-17
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    66%

    16For where soeuer is a Testament, there must also be the death of him that maketh the testament.

    17For a Testamet taketh auctorite whan men are deed: for it is no value, as longe as he that made it is alyue.

  • Heb 8:6
    66%

    6But now hath he optayned a more excellent office, in as moch as he is the mediatour of a better Testament, which was made for better promyses.

  • Heb 7:28
    66%

    28For the lawe maketh men prestes which haue infirmitie: but the worde of the ooth, that came sence the lawe, maketh the sonne prest, which is perfecte for euermore.

  • Hos 10:4
    66%

    4They comon together, and sweare vayne oothes: they be cofederate together, therfore groweth their punyshment, as the wedes in the forowes of the londe.

  • Job 17:3
    65%

    3O delyuer me, and set me by the, who shall then be able to thrust my hondes together?

  • Exod 22:11
    65%

    11then shall there an ooth of the LORDE go betwene them, that he hath not put his hande vnto his neghbours good: and the owner of ye good shal accepte it, so that the other shall not make it good.

  • Prov 17:18
    65%

    18Who so promiseth by the hande, & is suertie for another, he is a foole.

  • Deut 19:17
    65%

    17then shall both the men that stryue together, stonde before the LORDE, before the prestes and Iudges, which shall be at the same tyme.

  • Matt 5:37
    65%

    37But your communicacion shalbe, yee, yee: nay, nay. For what soeuer is more then that, commeth of euel.

  • Ezek 17:18
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    18For seinge he hath despysed the ooth, and broken the couenaunt (where as he yet gaue his honde thervpon) and done all these thinges, he shall not escape.

  • Num 30:10
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    10Yf she vowe in hir hu?bades house, or binde hir self wt an ooth ouer hir soule,

  • Heb 3:11
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    11so that I sware in my wrath, that they shulde not enter in to my rest.

  • Ps 119:106
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    106I haue sworne & am sted fastly purposed, to kepe the iudgmetes of thy rightuousnesse.

  • Heb 4:3
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    3(For we which haue beleued, enter in to his rest) acordynge as he sayde: Euen as I haue sworne in my wrath, They shal not enter in to my rest. And that (spake he) verely loge after that the workes fro the begynnynge of the worlde were made:

  • Exod 17:16
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    16for he sayde: The battayll of the LORDE shalbe agaynst Amalek thorow an hande vnder the defence of God from childe to childes childe.

  • Num 30:13
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    13And all vowes & oothes yt bynde to humble ye soule, maie hir hu?bade stablish or breake, thus: