Bible Verses About Oath

Therefore I swore in my anger that they would not enter my rest."

the covenant he made with Avraham, the oath he swore to Yitz'chak,

ADONAI swore an oath to David, an oath he will not break: "One of the sons from your own body I will set on your throne.

Keep the king's command because of the oath before God.

ADONAI-Tzva'ot has sworn, "Just as I thought it, it will occur; just as I planned it, so it will be.

In the name of myself I have sworn, from my mouth has rightly gone out, a word that will not return - that to me every knee will bow and every tongue will swear

Listen to this, house of Ya'akov, called by the name of Isra'el, who have come from the spring of Y'hudah, who swear by the name of ADONAI and invoke the God of Isra'el! - it is not sincerely or justifiably

and if you will swear, 'As ADONAI lives,' in truth, justice and righteousness; then the nations will bless themselves by him, and in him will they glory."

And though they say, 'As ADONAI lives,' the fact is that they are swearing falsely."

"Why should I forgive you? Your people have abandoned me and sworn by non-gods. When I fed them to the full, they committed adultery, thronging to the brothels.

Look! You are relying on deceitful words that can't do you any good.

First you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, offer to Ba'al and go after other gods that you haven't known.

so that I can fulfill the oath that I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is today."'" Then I responded, "Amen, ADONAI."

Then, if they will carefully learn my people's ways, swearing by my name, 'As ADONAI lives,' just as they taught my people to swear by Ba'al, they will be built up among my people.

But if you will not pay attention to these words, then I swear by myself," says ADONAI, "that this palace will become a ruin."'

For I have sworn by myself," says ADONAI, "that Botzrah will become a ruin and an object of astonishment, reproach and cursing; all its cities will be ruins forever."

ADONAI-Tzva'ot has sworn by himself, "I will fill you with men as numerous as grasshoppers; they will raise over you a shout of triumph."

Yes, all Isra'el flouted your Torah and turned away, unwilling to listen to your voice. Therefore the curse and oath written in the Torah of Moshe the servant of God was poured out on us, because we sinned against him.

The man dressed in linen who was above the water of the river raised his right and left hands toward heaven and swore by him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times and a half, and that it will be when the the power of the holy people is no longer being shattered that all these things will end.

If you, Isra'el, prostitute yourself, still Y'hudah has no need to incur such guilt. Don't go to Gilgal or up to Beit-Aven, and don't swear, "As ADONAI lives."

"Again, you have heard that our fathers were told, `Do not break your oath,' and `Keep your vows to ADONAI.'

But I tell you not to swear at all -- not `by heaven,' because it is God's throne;

not `by the earth,' because it is his footstool;p and not `by Yerushalayim,' because it is the city of the Great King.

And don't swear by your head, because you can't make a single hair white or black.

Just let your `Yes' be a simple `Yes,' and your `No' a simple `No'; anything more than this has its origin in evil.