57 Bible Verses about Swearing

I tell you, offer no promises at all, not by heaven, because it is God's throne.

Above all things, my brothers do not swear by heaven, or by earth, or by any other oath. Let your Yes be Yes and your No be No. That way you will not fall under judgment.

And do not promise by your head, for you cannot even control the hair on your head.

Then with curses and oaths he said: I do not know the man! And immediately a rooster crowed.

Jehovah continued: If you are a witness under oath who refuses to tell what you saw or what you know, you are sinning and will be punished.

Let your answer be 'Yes' or 'No.' Anything more than this is from the evil one.

Do not swear falsely by my name, so as to profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah.

I want you to swear by Jehovah God of heaven and earth that you will not get my son a wife from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living.

Jehovah will make you an example for your people to see what happens when the curse of this oath comes true: Jehovah will make your uterus drop and your stomach swell. Then the priest will administer the oath and the curse by saying:

When you swear by an altar, you owe nothing. When you swear by the gift left on the altar, you are obligated.

When God made a promise to Abraham, he could swear by no one greater then himself, so he swore by himself.

Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth! My brothers, these things should not be.

The land is full of adulterers! The land mourns because of the curse. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course also is evil and their might is not right.

He said: I am taking an oath on my own name, declares Jehovah, that because you have done this and have not refused to give me your son, your only son,

JOB OPENED HIS MOUTH and cursed the day of his birth.

Woe to you, you blind guides! You say, 'When you swear by the temple, it is nothing.' Then you say, 'When you swear by the gold of the temple, you are obligated.'

Not by earth, for it is the footstool under His feet. Not by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

When you pledge a vow in haste about what you will or will not do, as some people do, and then ignore it; although you know what you said, you will be guilty.

Men swear by someone greater then themselves: and an oath for confirmation to them puts an end to the problem.

He loved to put curses on others, so he, too, was cursed. He did not like to bless others, so he never received a blessing.

Listen to this, people of Israel, you that are descended from Judah. You swear by the name of Jehovah and claim to worship the God of Israel. However you do not mean a word you say.

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

He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him that dwells within it.

If you find something that someone lost and lie about it under oath, or commit any other sin like this,

He who swears by the altar, swears by it and everything on it.

I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair. I made them take an oath by God, saying: You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

He continued: This is the curse that is upon the land. Every one who steals will be acquitted. Every one who swears falsely will be innocent.

The one who despises those rejected by God but honors those who reverence (respect) Jehovah. The one who makes a promise and does not break it even though he is hurt by it.

This is because of the sins from their mouths and the words on their lips. Let them be trapped by their own arrogance because they speak curses and lies.

Do not pay attention to everything that is said lest you hear your servant curse you.

Abraham said: I swear it.

I will cause it to happen, said Jehovah of Hosts, and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of he who swears falsely by my name. The curse will abide in the midst of his house and will consume it with the timber and the stones of the house.

If with all their hearts they will accept the religion of my people and will swear: As Jehovah lives, as they once taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will also be a part of my people and will prosper.

If a man makes a vow to Jehovah that he will do something or swears an oath that he will not do something, he must not break his word. He must do everything he said he would do.

He wore cursing as though it were clothing; so cursing entered his body like water and his bones like oil.

I have bound myself with an oath. A word has gone out from my righteous mouth that will not be recalled. Every knee will bow to me and every tongue will swear allegiance.

Then Peter said: I swear I am telling the truth! May God punish me if I lie! I do not know the man you are talking about!

Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of (amen, so be it) truth; he who takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.

Thus, he who swears by heaven also swears by the throne of God and him who sits on it.

I pray that you will swear to me by Jehovah, since I have showed you kindness that you will also show kindness to my father's house, and give me a true token(sign) (pledge of truth);

They who swear by the sin of Samaria. They will say: 'As your god lives, O Dan, the way Beersheba lives.' They will fall and never rise up again.

if you take the oath, as Jehovah lives in an honest, fair, and right way, then the nations will be blessed, and in him they will glory.

All day long my enemies have reproached me. Those who deride me used my name as a curse.

This is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'I raise my hand and swear that the nations that surround you will be insulted.

Respect Jehovah your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name.

Never use the name of Jehovah your God in a false and evil way. Jehovah will make sure that anyone who is false, evil, careless and vain with his name will be punished.

They do nothing but swear, deceive, kill, steal and commit adultery! There is violence and bloodshed in the land.

When day arrived some of the Jews came together and united with an oath saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity. Consider the kindness that I have shown to you. Please show it to me and to the land in which you have sojourned.

That is why the days are coming, declares Jehovah, when people will no longer begin an oath with: 'Jehovah brought the people of Israel out of Egypt' and 'as Jehovah lives.'