Genesis 22:16
"And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:"
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- Hebrews 6:13
"For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,"
Read in chapter → - Luke 1:73
"The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,"
Read in chapter → - Psalms 105:9
"Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;"
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 51:14
"The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 49:13
"For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes."
Read in chapter → - Romans 4:13
"For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 45:23
"I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 12:2
"And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:"
Read in chapter → - Amos 6:8
"The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein."
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