13 Bible Verses about Swearing Oaths

But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your "yes" be yes and your "no" be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.

"If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house,

For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation.

He called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh, that I may make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,

So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.

in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the LORD; who swears to his own hurt and does not change;

an oath by the LORD shall be between them both to see whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor's property. The owner shall accept the oath, and he shall not make restitution.

By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: 'To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.'

I say: Keep the king's command, because of God's oath to him.

And the king was sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given.