Hebrews 6:16

16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

Ver. 16. Swear by the greater ] So do not they that swear by sundry creatures and qualities, God can hardly spare such, Jeremiah 5:7 . That passage, "As thy soul liveth," is not an oath, but an asseveration, or obtestation only, conjoined with the oath.

An end of all strife ] The end of an oath is to help the truth in necessity, and to clear men’s innocency, Exodus 22:11 .