Deuteronomy 32:40
For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
BSB
ASV
For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,
KJV
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
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Jeremiah 4:2and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”
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Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles…
But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,”…
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
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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,
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And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever,…
And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”
As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given…
