'Oath' in the Bible

And, 'Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.'

But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."

He denied it again with an oath, "I do not know the man!"

At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, "I do not know the man!" At that moment a rooster crowed.

Although it grieved the king deeply, he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.

Then he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, "I do not know this man you are talking about!"

the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham. This oath grants

So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,

When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, "We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul.

So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request."

For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.

In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath,

And above all, my brothers and sisters, 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 into judgment.