57 Bible Verses about Swearing
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But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea, be yea: and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crowed.
And if a soul shall sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and be a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he doth not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
But let your communication be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay: for whatever is more than these cometh of evil.
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for 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, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to perish, and thy belly to swell;
And whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thy only son:
After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day.
Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King,
Or if a soul shall swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it may be, that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction.
As he loved cursing, so let it come to him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be 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 the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
And whoever shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it.
Or hath found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
Whoever therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things upon 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 to your sons, or for yourselves.
Then said he to me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoreth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth 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 take no heed to all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with its timber and its stones.
And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
If a man shall vow a vow to the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
I have sworn by myself, the word is 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 know not this man of whom ye speak.
That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth 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 that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth upon it.
Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show kindness to my father's house, and give me a true token:
They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise again.
And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
My enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are enraged against me are sworn against me.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up my hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Now therefore swear to me here by God, that thou wilt 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 shalt do to me, and to the land in which thou hast sojourned.
Therefore behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
From Thematic Bible
Swearing » FALSE » Profane, forbidden
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea, be yea: and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
Topics on Swearing
God Swearing Blessings
Exodus 32:13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thine own self, and saidst to them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give to your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
God Swearing Harm
Exodus 17:16For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
Not Swearing Oaths
Matthew 5:34But I say to you, Swear not at all: neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
Swearing Being Forbidden
Exodus 20:7Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Swearing By
Hebrews 6:16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction.
Swearing Oaths
James 5:12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea, be yea: and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Swearing Oaths Falsely
Hosea 10:4They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.