56 Bible Verses about Swearing

But I say to you, not to swear at all, neither by heaven, because it is the throne of God,

But above all things, my brothers, swear not. Neither by the heaven, nor the earth, nor any other oath, but let your yes be yes, and the no, no, so that ye may not fall into hypocrisy.

Neither shall thou swear by thy head, because thou cannot make one hair white or black.

Then he began to curse vehemently and to swear, I do not know the man. And straightaway a cock sounded.

And if a soul sins, in that he hears the voice of an oath, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he does not testify, then he shall bear his iniquity.

But let your word be, Yes, yes, No, no. And anything beyond these is from evil.

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God. I am LORD.

And I will make thee swear by LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou will not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.

then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say to the woman, LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people when LORD makes thy thigh to fall away, and thy body to swell.

And, Whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gift upon it, he is obligated.

For God who promised to Abraham, since he had none greater to swear by, swore by himself,

Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and curse. My brothers, these things ought not to happen this way.

For the land is full of adulterers. For because of swearing the land mourns. The pastures of the wilderness are dried up. And their course is evil, and their might is not right.

and said, By myself I have sworn, says LORD, because thou have done this thing, and have not withheld thy son, thine only son,

After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day.

Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, Whoever may swear by the temple, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.

nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet, nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

Or if a soul swears rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it be that a man shall utter rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him, when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

For men certainly swear by the greater, and of every dispute with them the oath is final for confirmation.

Yea, he loved cursing, and it came to him. And he did not delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness

For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, As I live forever,

And he who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it.

or has found that which was lost, and deal falsely by it, and swears to a lie, in any of all these things that a man does, sinning by it,

He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things on it.

And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for

Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall be cut off on the one side according to it, and everyone who swears shall be cut off on the other side according t

in whose eyes a reprobate is despised, but who honors those who fear LORD, he that swears to his own hurt, and changes not,

[for] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips. Let them even be taken in their pride, and for cursing and lying which they speak.

Also do not take heed to all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.

And Abraham said, I will swear.

I will cause it to go forth, says LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As LORD lives, even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

When a man vows a vow to LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

He also clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, and it came into his inward parts like water, and like oil into his bones.

By myself I have sworn, the word has gone forth from my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue will {confess to God (LXX/NT)}.

But he began to curse and to swear, I do not know this man of whom ye speak.

so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth, and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth. Because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes.

And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it.

Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a TRUE token,

Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As thy god, O Dan, lives, and, As the way of Beersheba lives, they shall fall, and never rise up again.

My enemies reproach me all the day. Those who are mad against me do curse by me.

Therefore thus says lord LORD: I have sworn, [saying], Surely the nations that are round about you, they shall bear their shame.

Thou shall fear LORD thy God. Him thou shall serve, and to him thou shall cling, and by his name thou shall swear.

Thou shall not take the name of LORD thy God in vain, for LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

There is nothing but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery. They break out, and blood touches blood.

And when it became day, some of the Jews, having made a conspiracy, put themselves under a curse, saying neither to eat nor to drink until they would kill Paul.

Now therefore swear to me here by God that thou will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shall do to me, and to the land in which thou have

Therefore, behold, the days come, says LORD, that it shall no more be said, As LORD lives who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,