2Sa 21:1-6, 2Ch 36:13, Pro 20:25, Eze 17:12-21, Zec 5:3-4, Mal 3:5 | ESV | STEP | Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years , year after year . And David sought the face of the Lord . And the Lord said , There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house , because he put the Gibeonites to death .

2 Samuel 21:1-6

David Avenges the Gibeonites

1 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David ^asought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, “There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.” 2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel but ^bof the remnant of the Amorites. Although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had sought to strike them down in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah. 3 And David said to the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? And how shall I make atonement, that you may bless ^cthe heritage of the Lord?” 4 The Gibeonites said to him, “It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.” And he said, “What do you say that I shall do for you?” 5 They said to the king, “The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us, so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel, 6 let seven of his sons be given to us, so that we may hang them before the Lord at ^dGibeah of Saul, ^ethe chosen of the Lord.” And the king said, “I will give them.”

2 Chronicles 36:13

13 ^fHe also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. ^gHe stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord, the God of Israel.

Proverbs 20:25

25 It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,”
and to reflect only ^hafter making vows.

Ezekiel 17:12-21

12 “Say now to ⁱthe rebellious house, ^jDo you not know what these things mean? Tell them, behold, ^kthe king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took her king and her princes and brought them to him to Babylon. 13 ^lAnd he took one of the royal offspring ^{▼▼Hebrew seed} ⁿand made a covenant with him, ^oputting him under oath ( ^pthe chief men of the land he had taken away), 14 that the kingdom might be humble and not lift itself up, and keep his covenant that it might stand. 15 ^qBut he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors ^rto Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. ^sWill he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he ^tbreak the covenant and yet escape?

16 ^u“As I live, declares the Lord God, surely ^vin the place where the king dwells ^wwho made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant with him he broke, in Babylon he shall die. 17 ^xPharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war, ^ywhen mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives. 18 He despised the oath in breaking the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand and did all these things; he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely it is my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke. I will return it upon his head. 20 ^zI will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon ^aaand enter into judgment with him there ^abfor the treachery he has committed against me. 21 And all the pick ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Targum; most Hebrew manuscripts all the fugitives} of his troops shall fall by the sword, ^adand the survivors shall be scattered to every wind, and you shall know that ^aeI am the Lord; I have spoken.”

Zechariah 5:3-4

3 Then he said to me, “This is ^afthe curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who ^agsteals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who ^ahswears falsely ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks falsely (supplied from verse 4)} shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. 4 I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of ^ajhim who swears falsely by my name. And ^akit shall remain in his house and ^alconsume it, both timber and stones.”

Malachi 3:5

5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be ^ama swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those ^anwho oppress the hired worker in his wages, ^aothe widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.