Bible Verses About Swearing Falsely

`When any person doth sin, and hath committed a trespass against Jehovah, and hath lied to his fellow concerning a deposit, or concerning fellowship, or concerning violent robbery, or hath oppressed his fellow;

or hath found a lost thing, and hath lied concerning it, and hath sworn to a falsehood, concerning one of all these which man doth, sinning in them:

`And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I am Jehovah.

`When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth.

`When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostasy,

and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness is a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother:

this we do to them, and have kept them alive, and wrath is not upon us, because of the oath which we have sworn to them.'

And Saul hearkeneth to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul sweareth, `Jehovah liveth--he doth not die.'

and Saul seeketh to smite with the javelin through David, and through the wall, and he freeth himself from the presence of Saul, and he smiteth the javelin through the wall; and David hath fled and escapeth during that night.

And it is declared to Solomon that Shimei hath gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and doth return,

and the king sendeth and calleth for Shimei, and saith unto him, `Have I not caused thee to swear by Jehovah--and I testify against thee, saying, In the day of thy going out, and thou hast gone anywhere, thou dost certainly know that thou dost surely die; and thou sayest unto me, The word I have heard is good?

and wherefore hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the charge that I charged upon thee?'

Despised in his eyes is a rejected one, And those fearing Jehovah he doth honour. He hath sworn to suffer evil, and changeth not;

The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.

He beareth away a blessing from Jehovah, Righteousness from the God of his salvation.

And if they say, `Jehovah liveth,' Surely to a falsehood they swear.

Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not.

And ye have come in and stood before Me, In this house on which My name is called, And have said, `We have been delivered,' In order to do all these abominations.

For thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have dealt with thee as thou hast done, In that thou hast despised an oath--to break covenant.

And he taketh of the seed of the kingdom, And maketh with him a covenant, And bringeth him in to an oath, And the mighty of the land he hath taken,

That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant--that it may stand.

And he rebelleth against him, To send his messengers to Egypt, To give to him horses, and much people, Doth he prosper? doth he escape who is doing these things? And hath he broken covenant and escaped?

I live--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Doth he not--in the place of the king who is causing him to reign, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken, With him--in the midst of Babylon--die?

And not with a great force, and with a numerous assembly, Doth Pharaoh maintain him in battle, By pouring out a mount, and in building a fortification, To cut off many souls.

And he despised the oath--to break covenant, And lo, he hath given his hand, And all these he hath done, he escapeth not.