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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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Jeremiah 22:5 NIV
But if you do not obey these commands, declares the Lord, I swear by myself that this palace will become a ruin.’”
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1 Corinthians 1:10 NIV
I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.
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Romans 13:1 NIV
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
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1 Kings 18:10 NIV
As surely as the Lord your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever a nation or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find you.
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Proverbs 20:25 NIV
It is a trap to dedicate something rashly
    and only later to consider one’s vows.
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Judges 8:19 NIV
Gideon replied, “Those were my brothers, the sons of my own mother. As surely as the Lord lives, if you had spared their lives, I would not kill you.”
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1 Samuel 20:17 NIV
And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.
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Matthew 5:48 NIV
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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Matthew 5:35 NIV
or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.
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Genesis 24:3 NIV
I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,
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