'Oath' in the Bible

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.

But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this my oath; only do not take my son back there.”

then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.’

Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham.

They said, “We see plainly that the Lord has been with you; so we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you,

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.”

an oath before the Lord shall be made by the two of them that he has not laid hands on his neighbor’s property; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

Or if a person swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in whatever matter a man may speak thoughtlessly with an oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty in one of these.

The priest shall have her take an oath and shall say to the woman, “If no man has lain with you and if you have not gone astray into uncleanness, being under the authority of your husband, be immune to this water of bitterness that brings a curse;

(then the priest shall have the woman swear with the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman), “the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people by the Lord’s making your thigh waste away and your abdomen swell;

‘Because the Lord could not bring this people into the land which He promised them by oath, therefore He slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or takes an oath to bind himself with a binding obligation, he shall not violate his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

However, if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound herself by an obligation with an oath,

“Every vow and every binding oath to humble herself, her husband may confirm it or her husband may annul it.

“Then the Lord heard the sound of your words, and He was angry and took an oath, saying,

but because the Lord loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the Lord brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God is driving them out before you, in order to confirm the oath which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

that you may enter into the covenant with the Lord your God, and into His oath which the Lord your God is making with you today,

“Now not with you alone am I making this covenant and this oath,

The men said to her, “We shall be free from this oath to you which you have made us swear,

But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be free from the oath which you have made us swear.”

Then Joshua made them take an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed before the Lord is the man who rises up and builds this city Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up its gates.”

Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

This we will do to them, even let them live, so that wrath will not be upon us for the oath which we swore to them.”

Then the sons of Israel said, “Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who did not come up in the assembly to the Lord?” For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the Lord at Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.”

Now the men of Israel were hard-pressed on that day, for Saul had put the people under oath, saying, “Cursed be the man who eats food before evening, and until I have avenged myself on my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.

When the people entered the forest, behold, there was a flow of honey; but no man put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.

But Jonathan had not heard when his father put the people under oath; therefore, he put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.

Then one of the people said, “Your father strictly put the people under oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food today.’” And the people were weary.

But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord which was between them, between David and Saul’s son Jonathan.

Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord, and the command which I have laid on you?”

“If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house,

Now in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him in the house of the Lord. Then he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the Lord, and showed them the king’s son.

The covenant which He made with Abraham,And His oath to Isaac.

“If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house,

Moreover, they made an oath to the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets and with horns.

All Judah rejoiced concerning the oath, for they had sworn with their whole heart and had sought Him earnestly, and He let them find Him. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.

Then Ezra rose and made the leading priests, the Levites and all Israel, take oath that they would do according to this proposal; so they took the oath.

Then they said, “We will give it back and will require nothing from them; we will do exactly as you say.” So I called the priests and took an oath from them that they would do according to this promise.

For many in Judah were bound by oath to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

are joining with their kinsmen, their nobles, and are taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God’s law, which was given through Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and to observe all the commandments of God our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes;

The covenant which He made with Abraham,And His oath to Isaac.

He who is a partner with a thief hates his own life;He hears the oath but tells nothing.

I say, “Keep the command of the king because of the oath before God.

in order to confirm the oath which I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.”’” Then I said, “Amen, O Lord.”

For thus says the Lord God, “I will also do with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.

He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land,

As I live,’ declares the Lord God, ‘Surely in the country of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, in Babylon he shall die.

Now he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he pledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape.’”

Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “As I live, surely My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke, I will inflict on his head.

Indeed all Israel has transgressed Your law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the curse has been poured out on us, along with the oath which is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against Him.

Though you, Israel, play the harlot,Do not let Judah become guilty;Also do not go to Gilgal,Or go up to Beth-avenAnd take the oath:“As the Lord lives!”

But I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,

Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.

And again he denied it with an oath, “I do not know the man.”

The oath which He swore to Abraham our father,

And so, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,

When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

They came to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have bound ourselves under a solemn oath to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

For men swear by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute.

In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath,

And inasmuch as it was not without an oath

(for they indeed became priests without an oath, but He with an oath through the One who said to Him,“The Lord has swornAnd will not change His mind,‘You are a priest forever’”);

For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints a Son, made perfect forever.

But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.