177 Bible Verses about Oaths
Want to know what the Bible says about Oaths? Here are 177 Bible verses about Oaths from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Genesis 14:22 NIV
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “With raised hand I have sworn an oath to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
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Numbers 5:21 NIV
here the priest is to put the woman under this curse —“may the Lord cause you to become a curse among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell.
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Genesis 26:31 NIV
Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.
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Hebrews 6:14 NIV
saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.”
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Matthew 5:36 NIV
And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.
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Matthew 5:34-37 NIV
34 But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. 36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37 All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
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Genesis 22:16 NIV
and said, “I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
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Jeremiah 42:5 NIV
Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the Lord your God sends you to tell us.
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2 Kings 6:31 NIV
He said, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today!”
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1 John 1:9 NIV
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
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