6 Bible Verses about Swearing By

For men swear by the greater: and an oath of confirmation is to them an end to all controversy:

Woe unto you, blind guides, who are saying, Whosoever may swear by the temple it is nothing; but whosoever may swear by the gold of the temple, he is debtor. Ye fools and blind: for which is the greater, the gold, or the temple sanctifying the gold? And, Whosoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever may swear by the gift upon it, is debtor.read more.
Ye blind: for which is the greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift? Therefore the one swearing by the altar, swears by it, and by all things which are on it. And the one swearing by the temple, swears by it, and by Him who inhabited it. And the one swearing by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by Him that sitteth upon it.

Therefore the one swearing by the altar, swears by it, and by all things which are on it.

And the one swearing by the temple, swears by it, and by Him who inhabited it.

And the one swearing by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by Him that sitteth upon it.

and he swore by him that liveth unto the ages of the ages, who created the heaven, and the things in it, and the earth, and the things in it, and the sea, and the things in it, that there shall be time no longer: