The LORD hath sworn and will not repent: "Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek."

The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; He will not turn from it: "Of the fruit of thy body I will set upon thy throne.

The Lord GOD hath sworn by His holiness that: "Lo, the days shall come upon you, that He will take you away with hooks and your posterity with fishhooks.

The LORD hath sworn for the pretensions of Jacob: "Surely I will never forget any of their works.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He swore by Himself,

Thereby God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath,

But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you for salvation, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth,

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began,