Bible Verses About Oaths

And the king was grieved; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat with him, he commanded it to be given;

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?

And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.

Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God.

And again he denied with an oath, I know not the man.

Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.

But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.

Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;

I adjure you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the brethren.

For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,

and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein, that there shall be delay no longer: