"Because of the oath"

1. Josh. 9: 20
     20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
2. 2 Sam. 21: 7
     7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s ^aoath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
3. Mosiah 21: 3
     3 Now they durst not slay them, because of the ^aoath which their king had made unto Limhi; but they would smite them on their ^bcheeks, and exercise authority over them; and began to put heavy ^cburdens upon their backs, and drive them as they would a dumb ass—