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Keeping Vows
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which 
hath commanded. If a man vow a vow unto , or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
If a woman also vow a vow unto , and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth; And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her. And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and shall forgive her. But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and shall forgive her. Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity. These are the statutes, which commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house. Numbers 30:1-16
When thou shalt vow a vow unto thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. Deuteronomy 23: 21-23
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: Psalms 50:14
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. Ecclesiastes 5:4-7
These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith . Zechariah 8:16,17
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: But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. Matthew 5:33-37
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! Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. Matthew 23:16-22
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. James 5:12
Pledges
If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: Exodus 22:26
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before thy God. Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: Deuteronomy 24:6,10-13,17
If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. Ezekiel 33:15
Related verses: Genesis 38:17-20, 1 Samuel 17:18, 2 Kings 18:23, Job 22:6, 24:3,9, Proverbs 20:16, 27:13 Isaiah 36:8, Ezekiel 18:7,12,16, Amos 2:8
Swearing by His Name
Thou shalt fear thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. Deuteronomy 10:20 (6:13)
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am . Leviticus 19:12
And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. Jeremiah 12:16
False Swearing
If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: Then shall an oath of be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. Exodus 22:10,11
And spake unto Moses, saying, If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against , and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering. And he shall bring his trespass offering unto , a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: And the priest shall make an atonement for him before : and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein. Leviticus 6:1-7
If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house: Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. 1 Kings 8:31,32 (2 Chronicles 6:22,23)
And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. Matthew 26:72,74 (Mark 14:71)
Covenant Breaking
If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of thy God, in transgressing his covenant, And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. Deuteronomy 17:2-5
Forbidden Covenants and Swearings
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. Exodus 23:32,33
Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: For thou shalt worship no other god: for , whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. Exodus 34:12-16
And when thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: Deuteronomy 7:2
That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: But cleave unto your God, as ye have done unto this day. Joshua 23:7-8
Offerings for Vows and Swearing
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing: And he shall bring his trespass offering unto for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin. And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto ; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder: And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering. And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering. Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto : it is a sin offering. And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering. Leviticus 5:1,4-13
And spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto for a burnt offering; Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto , nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto . Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. Ye shall not offer unto that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land. Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you. Leviticus 22:17-25
And spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for by thy estimation. And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto , all that any man giveth of such unto shall be holy. He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto , then he shall present the beast before the priest: And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. Leviticus 27:1-13
And spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, And will make an offering by fire unto , a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto , of the herd, or of the flock: Then shall he that offereth his offering unto bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil. And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto . And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto : Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto . Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number. Numbers 15:1-12
But unto the place which your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: And there ye shall eat before your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein thy God hath blessed thee.
8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which your God giveth you. But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; Then there shall be a place which your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto : And ye shall rejoice before your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you. Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: But in the place which shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: But thou must eat them before thy God in the place which thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto. Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. When thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. If the place which thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of . Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which shall choose: And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. Deuteronomy 12:5-27
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto thy God. Deuteronomy 23:18
Keepers of the Law of Vows
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. Psalms 22:25
I will pay my vows unto now in the presence of all his people. I will pay my vows unto now in the presence of all his people, Psalms 116:14,18
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of . Jonah 2:9
Breakers of the Law of Vows
Deuteronomy 31:16,20,21, 1 Kings 2:43, 11:11, 17:15, Psalms 55:20, 78:10,37
Blessing of Keeping Oath and Covenant
Leviticus 26:1-13, Deuteronomy 29:1-17
Who shall ascend into the hill of ? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from , and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Psalms 24:3-5
All the paths of are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.Psalms 25:10
Curse of Breaking Oath and Covenant
Leviticus 26:14-45, Deuteronomy 29:18-29
Hear the word of , ye children of Israel: for hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. Hosea 4:1-5
Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. I will bring it forth, saith of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. Zechariah 5:3,4
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. Malachi 1:14
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith of hosts. Malachi 3:5
Covenants: Genesis 6:18, 9:9,11-17, 15:18, 17:2-21, 21:27,32, 26:28, 31:44, Exodus 2:24, 6:4,5, 19:5, 23:32, 24:7,8, 31:16, 34:10-15,27,28, Leviticus 2:13, 24:8, 26:9,15,25,42-45, Numbers 10:33, 14:44, 18:19, 25:12,13, Deuteronomy 4:13,23,31, 5:2,3, 7:2,9,12, 8:18, 9:9-15, 10:8, 17:2, 29:1,9,12,14, 29:21,25, 31:9,16,20,25,26, 33:9, Joshua 3:3,6,8,11-17, 4:7,9,18, 6:6,8, 7:11,15, 8:33, 23:16, 24:25, Judges 2:1,20, 20:27,
1 Samuel 4:3-5, 11:1,2, 18:3, 20:8,16, 23:18, 2 Samuel 15:24, 23:5, 1 Kings 3:15, 6:19, 8:1,6,9,21,23, 11:11, 19:10,14, 20:34, 2 Kings 11:4,17, 13:23, 17:15,35,38, 18:12, 23:2,3,21, 1 Chronicles 11:3, 15:25-29, 16:6,15,16,17,37, 17:1, 22:19, 28:2,18, 2 Chronicles 5:2,7,10, 6:11,14, 7:18, 13:5, 15:12, 21:7, 23:1,3,16, 29:10, 34:30,31, 34:32, Ezra 10:3, Nehemiah 1:5, 9:8,32,38, 13:29, Job 31:1, 41:4, Psalms 25:10,14, 44:17, 50:5,16, 55:20, 74:20, 78:10,37, 89:3,28,34,39, 103:18, 105:8-10, 106:45, 111:5,9, 132:12, Proverbs 2:17, Isaiah 24:5, 28:15,18, 33:8, 42:6, 49:8, 54:10, 55:3, 56:4,6, 57:8, 59:21, 61:8, Jeremiah 3:16, 11:2-10, 14:21, 22:9, 31:31-33, 32:40, 33:20-25, 34:8-18, 50:5, Ezekiel 16:8,59-62, 17:13-19, 20:37, 34:25, 37:26, 44:7, Daniel 9:4,27, 11:22,28-32, Hosea 2:18, 6:7, 8:1, 10:4, 12:1, Amos 1:9, Haggai 2:5, Zechariah 9:11, 11:10, Malachi 2:4-14, 3:1, Matthew 26:15, Luke 1:72, 22:5, Acts 3:25, 7:8, Romans 1:31, 9:4, 11:27, Galatians 3:15,17, 4:24, Ephesians 2:12, Hebrews 8:6-13, 9:1,4, 10:16,29, 12:24, 13:20
Promises: Exodus 12:25, Numbers 14:34,40, Deuteronomy 1:11, 6:3, 9:28, 10:9, 12:20, 15:6, 19:8, 23:23, 26:18, 27:3, Joshua 9:21, 22:4, 23:5,10,15, 2 Samuel 7:28, 1 Kings 2:24, 5:12, 8:20-25,56, 9:5, 2 Kings 8:19, 1 Chronicles 17:26, 2 Chronicles 1:9, 6:10-16, 21:7, Nehemiah 5:12,13, 9:15,23, Esther 4:7, Psalms 77:8, 105:42, Jeremiah 32:42, 33:14, Matthew 14:7, Mark 14:11, Luke 1:72, 22:6, 24:49, Acts 1:4, 2:33,39, 7:5,17, 13:23,32, 23:21, 26:6,7, Romans 1:2, 4:13,14,16,20,21, 9:4,8,9, 15:8, 2 Corinthians 1:20, 7:1, Galatians 3:14-29, 4:23,28, Ephesians 1:13, 2:12, 3:6, 6:2, 1 Timothy 4:8, 2 Timothy 1:1, Titus 1:2, Hebrews 4:1, 6:12-17, 7:6, 8:6, 9:15, 10:23,36, 11:9-17,33,39, 12:26, James 1:12, 2:5, 2 Peter 1:4, 2:19, 3:4,9,13, 1 John 2:25
Oaths: Genesis 24:8,41, 26:3,28, 50:25, Exodus 22:11, Leviticus 5:4, Numbers 5:19,21, 30:2,10,13, Deuteronomy 7:8, 29:12,14, Joshua 2:17,20, 9:20, Judges 21:5, 1 Samuel 14:26-28, 2 Samuel 21:7, 1 Kings 2:43, 8:31, 18:10, 2 Kings 11:4, 1 Chronicles 16:16, 2 Chronicles 6:22, 15:15, Nehemiah 5:12, 10:29, Psalms 105:9, Ecclesiastes 8:2, 9:2, Jeremiah 11:5, Ezekiel 16:59, 17:13-19, 21:23, Daniel 9:11, Habakkuk 3:9, Zechariah 8:17, Matthew 5:33, 14:7,9, 26:72, Mark 6:26, Luke 1:73, Acts 2:30, 23:21, Hebrews 6:16,17, 7:20,21,28, James 5:12
Swearing: Genesis 21:23,24,31, 22:16, 24:3,7,9,37, 25:33, 26:3,31, 31:53, 47:31, 50:5,6, 50:24, Exodus 6:8, 13:5,11,19, 17:16, 33:1, Leviticus 5:1,4, 6:3,5, 19:12, Numbers 14:16,23,30, 30:2, 32:10,11, Deuteronomy 1:8,34,35, 2:14, 4:21,31, 6:10,13,18,23, 7:8,12,13, 8:1,18, 9:5, 10:11,20, 11:9,21, 13:17, 19:8, 26:3, 28:9,11, 29:13, 30:20, 31:7,20-23, 34:4, Joshua 1:6, 2:12,17,20, 5:6, 6:22, 9:15-20, 14:9, 21:43,44, 23:7, Judges 2:1,15, 15:12, 21:1,7,18, 1 Samuel 3:14, 19:6, 20:3,17,42, 24:21,22, 28:10, 30:15, 2 Samuel 3:9,35, 19:7,23, 21:2,17, 1 Kings 1:13,29,30,51, 2:8,23,42, 8:31, 2 Kings 25:24, 2 Chronicles 6:22, 15:14,15, 36:13, Ezra 10:5, Nehemiah 6:18, 9:15, 13:25, Psalms 15:4, 24:4, 63:11, 89:3,35, 95:11, 102:8, 110:4, 119:106, 132:2,11, Ecclesiastes 9:2, Isaiah 3:7, 14:24, 19:18, 45:23, 48:1, 54:9, 62:8, 65:16, Jeremiah 4:2, 5:2,7, 7:9, 11:5, 12:16, 22:5, 23:10, 32:22, 38:16, 40:9, 44:26, 49:13, 51:14, Ezekiel 16:8, 21:23, Daniel 12:7, Hosea 4:2,15, 10:4, Amos 4:2, 6:8, 8:7,14, Micah 7:20, Zephaniah 1:5, Zechariah 5:3,4, Malachi 3:5, Matthew 5:33-36, 23:16-22, 26:74, Mark 6:23, 14:71, Luke 1:73, Acts 2:30, 7:17, Hebrews 3:11,18, 4:3, 6:13,16, 7:21, James 5:12, Revelation 10:6