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In the United States, when a leader is sworn into public office, they often place a hand on the Bible as they take their oath. When they do so, they’re signaling reliance on someon e higher than themselves. They’re asking God to hold them to account for their actions while in office. The author of Hebrews wrote that when God promised to make Abraham a father of many nations, God swore by himself because there was no one greater than him (Hebrews 6:13–20). Abraham trusted that God would keep his word not just because God was God but because God had shown himself to be faithful to Abraham in the past. Show more