6 Bible Verses about Swearing By

Men, of course, swear by what is greater than themselves, and with them an oath is accepted as putting a matter beyond all dispute.

Alas for you, you blind guides! You say 'if any answer by the Temple, his oath counts for nothing; but, if any one swears by the gold of the Temple, his oath is binding him'! Fools that you are and blind! Which is the more important? The gold? Or the Temple which has given sacredness to the gold? You say, too, 'If any one swears by the altar, his oath counts for nothing, but, if any one swears by the offering placed on it, his oath is binding on him'!read more.
Blind indeed! Which is the more important? The offering? or the altar which gives sacredness to the offering? Therefore a man, swearing by the altar, swears by it and by all that is on it, and a man, swearing by the Temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it, while a man, swearing by Heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it.

Therefore a man, swearing by the altar, swears by it and by all that is on it,

and a man, swearing by the Temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it,

while a man, swearing by Heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it.

and swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, and the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it,' that time should cease to be.