13 Bible Verses about Swearing Oaths
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Now above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. Your “yes” must be “yes,” and your “no” must be “no,” so that you won’t fall under judgment.
When a man sins against his neighbor
and is forced to take an oath,
and he comes to take an oath
before Your altar in this temple,
For men swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute.
He called it Sheba. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.
Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his household who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh, and I will have you swear by the Lord, God of heaven and God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live,
So the servant placed his hand under his master Abraham’s thigh and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
who despises the one rejected by the Lord
but honors those who fear the Lord,
who keeps his word whatever the cost,
there must be an oath before the Lord between the two of them to determine whether or not he has taken his neighbor’s property. Its owner must accept the oath, and the other man does not have to make restitution.
By Myself I have sworn;
Truth has gone from My mouth,
a word that will not be revoked:
Every knee will bow to Me,
every tongue will swear allegiance.
Although the king regretted it, he commanded that it be granted because of his oaths and his guests.
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Hosea 10:4
taking false oaths while making covenants.
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.