But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped.
It is the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O Lord, in your strength the king rejoices, and in your salvation how greatly he exults!
so that he who blesses himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth, and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten and are hidden from my eyes.
By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: ‘To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.’
Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
those who bow down on the roofs to the host of the heavens, those who bow down and swear to the Lord and yet swear by Milcom,
In that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts. One of these will be called the City of Destruction.
Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
And now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.
And he said to him, “Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. Saul my father also knows this.”
The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.
“As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”
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