Quotes About Oath

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”

an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighborís property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.

Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.

or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—

You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ëIf no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husbandís authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.

and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—ëthen may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.

May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.í Then the woman is to say, ëAmen, Amen.í

If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.

If a woman in her husbandís house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,

So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,

When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,

For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.

But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,

I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,

because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ëI will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.í This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear

And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”

At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”

And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.

All the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.