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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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1 John 4:8 NIV
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
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1 Samuel 14:39 NIV
As surely as the Lord who rescues Israel lives, even if the guilt lies with my son Jonathan, he must die.” But not one of them said a word.
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Genesis 24:8 NIV
If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
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Genesis 31:44 NIV
Come now, let’s make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between us.”
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Genesis 31:53 NIV
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.”
So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.
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1 Samuel 20:16-17 NIV
16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the Lord call David’s enemies to account. 17 And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.
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2 Chronicles 15:14-15 NIV
14 They took an oath to the Lord with loud acclamation, with shouting and with trumpets and horns. 15 All Judah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly. They sought God eagerly, and he was found by them. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.
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Joshua 2:12 NIV
“Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign
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1 Kings 22:16 NIV
The king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”
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