6 Bible Verses about Oaths, Divine

For when God make the promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself, saying. Surely I will bless you, and bless you; I will increase you, and increase you.

I am referring to the oath because men swear by what is greater than themselves, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation. On which principle God, wishing to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his purpose, mediated with an oath; that by means of two immutable things??is promise and his oath??n which it is impossible for God to break faith, we refugees may have strong encouragement to grasp the hope set before us.

"He showed mercy to our forefathers, He remembered his holy covenant, "The oath which he swore to Abraham, our forefather,

"Because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath that of the fruit of his loins he would set one on his throne,

For the words are in evidence, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. For there is a setting aside of a foregoing commandment, because of its weakness and unprofitableness (for the Law brought nothing to perfection); and there is the bringing in of a better hope by which we draw near to God;read more.
mightier because it was not promised apart from an oath. For although those priests became such without an oath, He had an oath form God who said to him, The Lord hath sworn and will not change, Thou art a priest forever. And by so much Jesus becomes the guarantor of a better covenant. And they indeed have been made priests, many in number, because they have been prevented by death from continuing; but he, because of his abiding forever, holds his priesthood inviolable. Hence also he is able to continue saving to the uttermost those who are ever drawing near to God through him, seeing that he is ever living to intercede for them. For we needed just such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens; one who has no need, like the high priests, to offer up daily sacrifices, first for his own sins, then for those of the people. For his sacrifice was made once for all, when he offered up himself. For the Law appoints human beings to be high priests, men with all their weakness; but the word of the oath, which was later than the Law, appoints a Son, perfected forevermore.

For this reason I was sore displeased with that generation, And said, "They are always wandering in their hearts; They have never learned my ways"; So I swore in my wrath, "They shall never enter into my rest."