9 Bible Verses about Not Swearing Oaths

But I say to you, do not swear at all, either by heaven, because it is the throne of God,

Now above all, my brothers, do not swear either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no, no, in order that you may not fall under judgment.

and you shall not swear {falsely} in my name, and so [one of] you profane the name of your God; I [am] Yahweh.

so as not to go among these remaining nations with you; {do not profess} the name of their gods, and do not swear by them, serve them, or {bow down to them}.

Swearing and lying, murdering and stealing, and adultery break out, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

The same fate [comes] to everyone: to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the wicked, to the clean and to the unclean, to those who sacrifice and to those who do not sacrifice. As [with] the good [man], so also to the sinner; [as with] those who swear an oath, so [also] those who fear oaths.

But let your statement be 'Yes, yes; no, no,' and anything beyond these is from the evil one.

Even though you, Israel, [are] playing the whore, do not let Judah become guilty; do not enter Gilgal, or go up [to] Beth-aven; and do not swear, "{As Yahweh lives}!"

but he with an oath by the one who said to him, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You [are] a priest {forever}'"),