True repentance involves sorrow over the evil of sinful deeds; false repentance involves only sorrow over their harmful consequences. False repentance concerns itself with conduct; true repentance with man's inner condition. False repentance deals with the symptoms; true repentance with the disease.
John MacArthur

OATHS

OATHS

OATHS

  1. The lawful purpose of, explained # Heb 6:16
  2. Antiquity of # Ge 14:22 24:3,8
  3. USED FOR 3a) Confirming covenants

    # Ge 26:28 31:44,53 1Sa 20:16,17

3b) Deciding controversies in courts of law # Ex 22:11 Nu 5:19 1Ki 8:31 3c) Pledging allegiance to sovereigns # 2Ki 11:4 Ec 8:2 3d) Binding to performance of sacred duties # Nu 30:2 2Ch 15:14,15 Ne 10:29 Ps 132:2 3e) Binding to performance of any particular act # Ge 24:3,4 50:25 Jos 2:12 4) Judicial from of administering # 1Ki 22:16 Mt 26:63 5) Often accompanied by raising up the hand # Ge 14:22 Da 12:7 Re 10:5,6 6) Often accompanied by placing the hand under the thigh of the person sworn to # Ge 24:2,9 47:29 7) To be taken in fear and reverence # Ec 9:2 8) THE JEWS 8a) Forbidden to take, in name of idols # Jos 23:7 8b) Forbidden to take in the name of any created thing # Mt 5:34-36 Jas 5:12 8c) Forbidden to take false # Le 6:3 Zec 8:17 8d) Forbidden to take rash, or unholy # Le 5:4 8e) To use God’s name alone in # De 6:13 10:20 Isa 65:16 8f) To take, in truth, judgment, &c # Jer 4:2 8g) Generally respected the obligation of # Jos 9:19,20 2Sa 21:7 Ps 15:4 Mt 14:9 8h) Fell into many errors respecting # Mt 23:16-22 8i) Often guilty of rashly taking # Jud 21:7 Mt 14:7 26:72 8j) Often guilty of falsely taking # Le 6:3 Jer 5:2 7:9 8k) Condemned for false # Zec 5:4 Mal 3:5 8l) Condemned for profane # Jer 23:10 Ho 4:2 9) INSTANCES OF RASH, &c 9a) Joshua, &c # Jos 9:15,16 9b) Jephthah # Jud 11:30-36 9c) Saul # 1Sa 14:27,44 9d) Herod # Mt 14:7-9 9e) The Jews who sought to kill Paul # Ac 23:21 10) Custom of swearing by the life of the king # Ge 42:15,16 11) EXPRESSIONS USED AS 11a) By the fear of Isaac # Ge 31:53 11b) As the Lord liveth # Jud 8:19 Ru 3:13 11c) The Lord do so to me, and more also # Ru 1:17 11d) God do so to thee, and more also # 1Sa 3:17 11e) By the Lord # 2Sa 19:7 1Ki 2:42 11f) God do so to thee and more also # 1Sa 3:17 11g) Before God I lie not # Ga 1:20 11h) I call God for a record # 2Co 1:23 11i) God is witness # 1Th 2:5 11j) I charge you by the Lord # 1Th 5:27 11k) As thy soul liveth # 1Sa 1:26 25:26 12) God used, to show the immutability of his counsel # Ge 22:16 Nu 14:28 6:17