Bible Verses About Oath

He said, "I have sworn by myself - says ADONAI- that because you have done this, because you haven't withheld your son, your only son,

"You are not to use lightly the name of ADONAI your God, because ADONAI will not leave unpunished someone who uses his name lightly. s

"If a person trusts a neighbor to look after a donkey, ox, sheep or any animal, and it dies, is injured or is driven away unseen,

then the neighbor's oath before ADONAI that he has not taken the goods will settle the matter between them -the owner is to accept it without the neighbor's making restitution.

"You are not to repeat false rumors; do not join hands with the wicked by offering perjured testimony.

"If someone sins and acts perversely against ADONAI by dealing falsely with his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him, by stealing from him, by extorting him,

or by dealing falsely in regard to a lost object he has found, or by swearing to a lie -if a person commits any of these sins,

then, if he sinned and is guilty, he is to restore whatever it was he stole or obtained by extortion, or whatever was deposited with him, or the lost object which he found,

or anything about which he has sworn falsely. He is to restore it in full plus an additional one-fifth; he must return it to the person who owns it, on the day when he presents his guilt offering.

Do not swear by my name falsely, which would be profaning the name of your God; I am ADONAI.

The cohen will make her swear by saying to her, "If no man has gone to bed with you, if you have not gone astray to make yourself unclean while under your husband's authority, then be free from this water of embitterment and cursing.

But if you have in fact gone astray while under your husband's authority and become unclean, because some man other than your husband has gone to bed with you . . ."

then the cohen is to make the woman swear with an oath that includes a curse; the cohen will say to the woman, ". . .may ADONAI make you an object of cursing and condemnation among your people by making your private parts shrivel and your abdomen swell up!

May this water that causes the curse go into your inner parts and make your abdomen swell and your private parts shrivel up!"- and the woman is to respond, "Amen! Amen!"

The cohen is to write these curses on a scroll, wash them off into the water of embitterment

and make the woman drink the water of embitterment and cursing - the water of cursing will enter her and become bitter.

"'You are not to misuse the name of ADONAI your God, because ADONAI will not leave unpunished someone who misuses his name.

You are to fear ADONAI your God, serve him and swear by his name.

You are to fear ADONAI your God, serve him, cling to him and swear by his name.

"If a person sins against a fellow member of the community, and he is made to swear under oath, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house;

then hear in heaven, act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, so that his way of life devolves on his own head, and vindicating the one who is right, giving him what his righteousness deserves.

A psalm of David: ADONAI, who can rest in your tent? Who can live on your holy mountain?

Those who live a blameless life, who behave uprightly, who speak truth from their hearts

who look with scorn on the vile, but honor those who fear ADONAI; who hold to an oath, no matter the cost;

I have sworn by my holiness once and for all; I will not lie to David