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 25:33 NIV
But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.
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Matthew 26:63-64 NIV
63 But Jesus remained silent.
The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
64 “You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
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2 Kings 11:4 NIV
In the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the commanders of units of a hundred, the Carites and the guards and had them brought to him at the temple of the Lord. He made a covenant with them and put them under oath at the temple of the Lord. Then he showed them the king’s son.
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2 Chronicles 36:13 NIV
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath in God’s name. He became stiff-necked and hardened his heart and would not turn to the Lord, the God of Israel.
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Jeremiah 49:13 NIV
I swear by myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah will become a ruin and a curse, an object of horror and reproach; and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”
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Jeremiah 40:9 NIV
Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, took an oath to reassure them and their men. “Do not be afraid to serve the Babylonians, ” he said. “Settle down in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.
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Leviticus 6:3 NIV
or if they find lost property and lie about it, or if they swear falsely about any such sin that people may commit—
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Genesis 26:28 NIV
They answered, “We saw clearly that the Lord was with you; so we said, ‘There ought to be a sworn agreement between us’—between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you
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Deuteronomy 32:40 NIV
I lift my hand to heaven and solemnly swear:
As surely as I live forever,
As surely as I live forever,
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Genesis 31:50 NIV
If you mistreat my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
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