Bible Verses About Oaths

And the king was struck sad: yet because of his oath, and for them that sat with him at table, he commanded it to be given.

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

Ye foolish and blind: for whether is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

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

Ye foolish and blind: for whether 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 that are upon it.

And whosoever shall swear by the temple sweareth by it and by him that dwelleth in it.

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

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ the Son of God.

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

But do not thou give credit to them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves by oath neither to eat nor to drink, till they have killed him. And they are now ready, looking for a promise from thee.

But I call God to witness upon my soul that to spare you, I came not any more to Corinth: not because we exercise dominion over your faith: but we are helpers of your joy. For in faith you stand.

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

For neither have we used at any time the speech of flattery, as you know: nor taken an occasion of covetousness (God is witness):

I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren.

For men swear by one greater than themselves: and an oath for confirmation is the end of all their controversy.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. But let your speech be: Yea, Yea: No, No: that you fall not under judgment.

And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven.

And he swore by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven and the things which are therein, and the earth and the things which are in it, and the sea and the things which are therein: That time shall be no longer.