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Bible Verses About Oaths
Find Bible verses about oaths — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about oaths?
The Bible addresses oaths with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Mark 6:26
“The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn't wish to refuse her.”
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Matthew 14:9
“The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,”
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Judges 21:7
“How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?"”
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Judges 21:18
“However we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, 'Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.'"”
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Ezekiel 21:23
“It shall be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken.”
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Judges 21:1
“Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, "There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin as wife."”
Matthew 23:21
“He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.”
Jeremiah 5:2
“Though they say, 'As Yahweh lives;' surely they swear falsely."”
Job 19:17
“My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.”
Job 6:7
“My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.”
1 Kings 8:31
“"If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swear before your altar in this house;”
Exodus 22:11
“the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.”
Psalms 38:5
“My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.”
Leviticus 6:3
“or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;”
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