Ezra 10:5

The People Respond

⁴ Stand up, for it is your duty, and we will be with you. Be brave and act.” ⁵ Then Ezra stood and made the leaders of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, take an oath that they would act in accordance with this proposal; so they took the oath. ⁶ Then Ezra got up from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib [and spent the night there]. He did not eat bread nor drink water, for he was mourning over the [former] exiles’ faithlessness.

All Israel

Chief Priest

Chief Priests

People of Israel

Priests and Levites

Take an Oath

Took an Oath

Descendants Of Levi

Ezra

Israel

Levi

Levites

Nehemiah 5:12

Then they said, “We will give it back and not require anything from them. We will do exactly as you say.” Then I called the priests and took an oath from them that they would act in accordance with this promise.

Nehemiah 13:25

So I contended with them and cursed them and struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters [in marriage] to their sons, nor take [any of] their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

Ezra 10:3

Therefore let us now make a covenant with our God to send away all the [foreign] wives and their children, in accordance with the advice of my lord and of those who tremble [in reverent obedience] at the commandment of our God; and let it be done in accordance with the Law.

Nehemiah 10:29

are joining with their fellow Israelites, their nobles, and are taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law, which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to keep and to observe all the commandments of God our Lord, and His ordinances and statutes:

Proverbs 1:5

The wise will hear and increase their learning,
And the person of understanding will acquire wise counsel and the skill [to steer his course wisely and lead others to the truth],

Proverbs 9:9

Give instruction to a wise man and he will become even wiser;
Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.

Proverbs 15:23

A man has joy in giving an appropriate answer,
And how good and delightful is a word spoken at the right moment—how good it is!

Proverbs 25:11-12

Like apples of gold in settings of silver
Is a word spoken at the right time.

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume make the heart glad;
So does the sweetness of a friend’s counsel that comes from the heart.

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I call on You to swear a binding oath by the living God, that you tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.”