Quotes About Oath

Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.

the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ëOn the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will dieí? And you told me, ëThe sentence is fair; I will comply.í

So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?”

When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,

As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ëHe is not here,í he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.

But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”

He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”

Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the kingís son

And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”

the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.

When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,

They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and ramsí horns.

And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.

But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”

So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.

“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.

For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.

hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,

Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—

So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”

the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.

I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.