57 Bible Verses about Swearing

But I say to you, Do not swear at all! Not by Heaven, because it is God's throne;

But before all things, my brothers, do not swear; neither by the heaven nor by the earth, nor any other oath. But let your yes be yes, and your no, no, lest you fall into condemnation.

nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.

Then he began to curse and to swear, I do not know the man. And immediately the cock crowed.

And if a soul sins and hears the voice of swearing, and is a witness, and he has seen or known, if he does not tell it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

But let your word be, Yes, yes; No, no. For whatever is more than these comes from evil.

And you shall not swear by My name falsely; nor shall you profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah.

And I will make you swear by Jehovah, the God of Heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.

then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing. And the priest shall say to the woman, Jehovah make you a curse and an oath among your people, when Jehovah makes your thigh to fall away and your belly to swell.

And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is a debtor!

For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He swore by Himself,

Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

For the land is full of adulterers. Yes, because of cursing the land mourns; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their power is not right.

and said, I have sworn by Myself, says Jehovah; because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only one;

After this Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.

Woe to you, blind guides, saying, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

not by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet; not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King;

Or if a soul swears, pronouncing with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatever it is that a man speaks rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him, and he knows, then he shall be guilty of one of these.

For men truly swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

Yea, he loved cursing, so let it come to him; he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah 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, I live forever!

And whoever shall swear by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it.

or has found that which was lost and lies concerning it and swears falsely-- in any of all these that a man does, sinning in it,

Therefore whoever shall swear by the altar swears by it, and by all things on it.

And I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair. And I made them swear by the name of God, saying, You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters to your sons, or for yourselves.

And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth; for from now on everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it; and everyone who swears from now on shall be cut off according to it.

in whose eyes the reprobate is despised, but he honors those who fear Jehovah; he has sworn to his hurt, and does not change it;

For the sin of their mouth is the word of their lips, even let them be taken in their pride; and for cursing and the lying which they speak.

Also do not listen to all words that are spoken; lest you hear your servant curse you.

And Abraham said, I will swear.

I will bring it forth, says Jehovah 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 remain in the midst of his house, and shall devour it, and its timber and its stones.

And it will be if they will carefully learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, As Jehovah lives; as they taught the people to swear by Baal; then they shall be built in the midst of My people.

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

As he clothed himself with cursing, as with his robe, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

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

He who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth. And he who swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from My eyes.

And he who shall swear by Heaven swears by the throne of God, and by Him who sits on it.

Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt with you in kindness, that you will also deal with kindness to my father's house. And give me a true token,

They who swear by the sin of Samaria and say, As your god lives, O Dan; and, As the way of Beer-sheba lives; even they shall fall and never rise up again.

And you shall swear, Jehovah lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in Him, and in Him they shall glory.

My enemies curse me all the day; and they who are mad against me are sworn against me.

Therefore so says the Lord Jehovah: I have lifted up My hand; surely the nations around you shall bear their shame.

You shall fear Jehovah your God. You shall serve Him, and you shall hold fast to Him, and swear by His name.

You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain. For Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain.

There is lying, and swearing, and killing, and stealing, and the committing of adultery; and blood touches blood.

And when it became day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. Do to me according to the kindness that I have sworn to you, and to the land in which you have lived.

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