Thematic Bible: Oaths


Thematic Bible




the oath which he swore to Abraham our father, Verse ConceptsAbraham, New Testament ReferencesGod Swearing Blessings







so that I swore in my anger, They shall not enter into my rest. Verse ConceptsSleeplessnessEntering LifeGod Swearing Harm



















And the king was grieved: but on account of his oath, and those who reclined at table with him, he commanded it to be given. Verse ConceptsGuestsSwearing OathsOther Sad PeopleThe King's OrdersBirthdays Celebrated


But above all things, my brethren, swear not, either by heaven, or by the earth, or with any other oath: but let your yes, be yes, and your no, be no, lest you fall into condemnation. Verse ConceptsBad LanguageConsistencyAffirmationsethics, personalOaths, HumanAffirmative ActionConversationHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansCursingSwearing Being ForbiddenAssentingDissentSwearing OathsNot Swearing OathsNo CondemnationSwearing








And he swore to her: What ever you ask, I will give you, to the half of my kingdom. Verse ConceptsFractions, One HalfHalf Of Districts

Do not, however, be persuaded by them; for more than forty men of them are lying in wait for him; and they have bound themselves under a curse, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for a promise from you. Verse ConceptsPeople WaitingAmbushPreparing For ActionFortiesAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDo Not Listen!Vowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths



And the angel that I saw standing on the sea and on the land, lifted up his right hand to heaven, and swore by him that lives from age to age, who created the heaven and the things that are in it, and the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, That time should no longer intervene,
















And again he denied, with an oath: I know not the man. Verse ConceptsLying, Examples OfNot Knowing About ChristMental Abusedenial


Wherefore he promised, with an oath, to give her whatever she would ask. Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersPeople Promising














But Jesus remained silent. And the chief priest answered and said to him: I adjure you, by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God? Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingSilenceSpeech, Power And Significance OfAdjurationChrist Being SilentWho Is Jesus?Called Himself The ChristRivers




But above all things, my brethren, swear not, either by heaven, or by the earth, or with any other oath: but let your yes, be yes, and your no, be no, lest you fall into condemnation. Verse ConceptsBad LanguageConsistencyAffirmationsethics, personalOaths, HumanAffirmative ActionConversationHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansCursingSwearing Being ForbiddenAssentingDissentSwearing OathsNot Swearing OathsNo CondemnationSwearing

But I say to you, Swear not at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King: neither shall you swear by your head, for you can not make one hair white or black.









I adjure you by the Lord, that this letter be read to all the holy brethren. Verse ConceptsReadingLettersLiteracyNames And Titles For The ChristianAdjurationReading Other Matter

For neither nattering words did we at any time use, as you know, nor a pretext for covetousness; God is witness: Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofCloaksGreed, Believers' Response ToAppealing To GodThe Witness Of GodCovetousnessGreedmotives

But I call on God as a witness against my soul, that wishing to spare you, I did not go to Corinth; Verse ConceptsAppealing To GodThe Witness Of God

Alas for you, blind guides! who say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, becomes a debtor. Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gift that is on it, becomes a debtor. read more.
Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all that is on it. And whoever swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him that dwells in it. And he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him that sits upon it.





Wherefore he promised, with an oath, to give her whatever she would ask. And being previously instigated by her mother, she said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Immerser? And the king was grieved: but on account of his oath, and those who reclined at table with him, he commanded it to be given.

With respect to the things which I now write to you, behold, before God I lie not. Verse ConceptsWriting LettersNot LyingTelling The Truthlieing





For, verily, men swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction. Verse ConceptsConfirmationSwearing OathsSwearing BySwearing


Do not, however, be persuaded by them; for more than forty men of them are lying in wait for him; and they have bound themselves under a curse, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for a promise from you. Verse ConceptsPeople WaitingAmbushPreparing For ActionFortiesAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDo Not Listen!Vowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths