Oaths

Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: — read the full passage →

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! — read the full passage →

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:

For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. — read the full passage →

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. — read the full passage →

Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. — read the full passage →

Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. — read the full passage →

But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne: — read the full passage →

For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. — read the full passage →

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: — read the full passage →

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: — read the full passage →

I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: — read the full passage →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.