Hebrews 6:16

Men swear by someone greater then themselves: and an oath for confirmation to them puts an end to the problem.

Exodus 22:11

The case between them must be settled by swearing an oath to Jehovah that the neighbor did not take the other person's animal. The owner must accept the oath. The neighbor does not have to make up for the loss.

Genesis 14:22

But Abram said to the king of Sodom: I have sworn to Jehovah, God Most High, maker of heaven and earth:

Genesis 21:23

Swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity. Consider the kindness that I have shown to you. Please show it to me and to the land in which you have sojourned.

Genesis 21:30-31

He said: You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to me, that I dug this well.

Genesis 31:53

May the God of Abraham and Nahor the God of their father judge between us. So Jacob swore this oath out of respect for his father Isaac.

Joshua 9:15-20

Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live. The leaders of the congregation ratified it by an oath.

2 Samuel 21:2

The Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were left over from the Amorites. The Israelites swore to spare them. Saul, in his eagerness, tried to destroy them for Israel and Judah. The king called the Gibeonites.

Ezekiel 17:16-20

As I am alive,' says the Lord Jehovah, 'this king will die in Babylon because he broke his oath and the treaty with the one who put him on the throne the king of Babylon.

Matthew 23:20-22

He who swears by the altar, swears by it and everything on it.

Hebrews 6:13

When God made a promise to Abraham, he could swear by no one greater then himself, so he swore by himself.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

Bible References

An oath

Genesis 21:30
He said: You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to me, that I dug this well.
Genesis 31:53
May the God of Abraham and Nahor the God of their father judge between us. So Jacob swore this oath out of respect for his father Isaac.
Exodus 22:11
The case between them must be settled by swearing an oath to Jehovah that the neighbor did not take the other person's animal. The owner must accept the oath. The neighbor does not have to make up for the loss.
Joshua 9:15
Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live. The leaders of the congregation ratified it by an oath.
2 Samuel 21:2
The Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were left over from the Amorites. The Israelites swore to spare them. Saul, in his eagerness, tried to destroy them for Israel and Judah. The king called the Gibeonites.
Ezekiel 17:16
As I am alive,' says the Lord Jehovah, 'this king will die in Babylon because he broke his oath and the treaty with the one who put him on the throne the king of Babylon.

General references

Genesis 21:24
Abraham said: I swear it.
Isaiah 54:9
To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again.
Micah 7:20
You will give truth to Jacob, and show loving-kindness (unchanging love) to Abraham. For you have sworn this to our fathers from the days of old.
Luke 1:73
It was the oath he spoke to Abraham our father.