52 Bible Verses about Swearing

But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,

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.

And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know the man." And immediately the rooster crowed.

"If anyone sins in that he hears a public adjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall bear his iniquity;

Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything more than this comes from evil.

You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

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,

then' (let the priest make the woman take the oath of the curse, and say to the woman) 'the LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the LORD makes your thigh fall away and your body swell.

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

For the land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land mourns, and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right.

and said, "By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

or if anyone utters with his lips a rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and he realizes his guilt in any of these;

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

He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him!

Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and who came from the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD and confess the God of Israel, but not in truth or right.

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

or has found something lost and lied about it, swearing falsely--in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby--

And I confronted them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair. And I made them take oath in the name of God, saying, "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who swears falsely shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side.

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;

For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter,

Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you.

And Abraham said, "I will swear."

I will send it out, declares the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall remain in his house and consume it, both timber and stones."

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

If a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones!

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.'

But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know this man of whom you speak."

So that he who blesses himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth, and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten and are hidden from my eyes.

Now then, please swear to me by the LORD that, as I have dealt kindly with you, you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a sure sign

Those who swear by the Guilt of Samaria, and say, 'As your god lives, O Dan,' and, 'As the Way of Beersheba lives,' they shall fall, and never rise again."

and if you swear, 'As the LORD lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory."

All the day my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse.

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I swear that the nations that are all around you shall themselves suffer reproach.

You shall fear the LORD your God. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, and by his name you shall swear.

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

there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants or with my posterity, but as I have dealt kindly with you, so you will deal with me and with the land where you have sojourned."

"Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when it shall no longer be said, 'As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,'