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Letter "S" » surety
«Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.»
«A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.»
«Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? / And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? / Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.»
«And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: / (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) / By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.»
«And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; / And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.»
«And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the LORD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.»
«Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? / Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? / For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.»
«I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: / For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.»
«Abstinence is the surety of temperance»