Bible Verses About Oaths
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for oaths, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 7,540 votes, led by Matthew 5:33-37. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Oaths
Matthew 5:33-37521 votes
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:
James 5:12473 votes
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.
Numbers 30:2380 votes
If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, 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.
Deuteronomy 23:21-23273 votes
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
Leviticus 19:12186 votes
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
Matthew 23:16-22180 votes
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!
Hebrews 6:16148 votes
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Exodus 20:7133 votes
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Psalms 15:4127 votes
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
2 Corinthians 1:23127 votes
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
Hebrews 6:13117 votes
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
Hebrews 6:1795 votes
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
Matthew 5:3490 votes
But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
Ecclesiastes 5:4-686 votes
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.
Hebrews 7:2881 votes
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.
Deuteronomy 6:1378 votes
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
Jeremiah 4:274 votes
And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
Hebrews 3:1872 votes
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
Hebrews 6:16-1772 votes
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Matthew 5:3768 votes
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Judges 11:30-3962 votes
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
Ecclesiastes 5:462 votes
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.
Hebrews 7:2162 votes
(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:)
Genesis 22:16-1760 votes
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
Matthew 23:18-2258 votes
And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
What does the Bible say about oaths?
Readers most often cite Matthew 5:33-37 on the subject of oaths. Across 7,540 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 5:12, Numbers 30:2, Deuteronomy 23:21-23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.