And Joshua made peace with them, and they made a covenant with them to preserve them; and the princes of the congregation swore to them.

But the children of Israel did not fight with them, because all the princes swore to them by the Lord God of Israel; and all the congregation murmured at the princes.

This we will do: take them alive, and we will preserve them: so there shall not be wrath against us by reason of the oath which we swore to them.

And if indeed I continue to live, then shall you deal mercifully with me; and if I indeed die,

you shall not withdraw your mercy from my house forever, And if you do not, when the Lord cuts off the enemies of David, each from the face of the earth,

And Jonathan swore yet again to David, because he loved the soul of him that loved him.

And David said to him, Will you bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear now to me by God, that you will not kill me, and that you will not deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down upon this troop.

in that he rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, which he adjured him by God [not to do]; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart, so as not to return to the Lord God of Israel.

And it shall be, if they will indeed learn the way of My people, to swear by My name, [saying], The Lord lives; as they taught My people to swear by Baal; then shall [that nation] be built in the midst of My people.

And if indeed I continue to live, then shall you deal mercifully with me; and if I indeed die,

[ 20:15A] [should it happen] that the name of Jonathan be discovered by the house of David, then let the Lord seek out the enemies of David.

[ 24:22] Now then swear to me by the Lord, that you will not destroy my seed after me, that you will not blot out my name from the house of my father.

[ 24:23] So David swore to Saul. And Saul departed to his place, and David and his men went up to the stronghold of Messera.

For how shall I be able to look upon the affliction of my people, and how shall I be able to survive the destruction of my relatives?

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me, and he was not ashamed of my chain;

May the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord in that Day--and you very well know how many ways he served in Ephesus.

For judgment is without mercy to the one who does not show mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

and save alive the house of my father, my mother, and my brothers, and all my house, and all that they have, and you shall rescue my soul from death.

and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that you take not a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites, with whom I dwell, in the midst of them.

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham, and swore to him concerning this matter.

without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful;

But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his [own] house, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Behold, we shall enter into a part of the city, and you shall set a sign; you shall bind this scarlet cord in the window, by which you have let us down, and you shall bring in to yourself, into your house, your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all the family of your father.

And the blood shall be for a sign to you on the houses in which you are, and I will see the blood, and will protect you, and there shall not be on you the plague of destruction, when I smite in the land of Egypt.

and said to him, Go through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that groan and that grieve for all the iniquities that are done in the midst of them.

Utterly slay old man and youth, and virgin and infants and women: but do not go near any on whom is the mark: begin at My sanctuary. So they began with the elder men who were within in the house.

Now His betrayer had given to them a sign, saying, "Whomever I shall kiss, He is [the One]; take Him and lead [Him] away safely."