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Leviticus 19:12
“ Do not bring shame on the name of your God by using it to swear falsely. I am the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 5:11
“ You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.
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James 5:12
But most of all, my brothers and sisters, never take an oath, by heaven or earth or anything else. Just say a simple yes or no, so that you will not sin and be condemned.
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Jeremiah 4:2
Then when you swear by my name, saying,‘ As surely as the Lord lives,’ you could do so with truth, justice, and righteousness. Then you would be a blessing to the nations of the world, and all people would come and praise my name.”
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Matthew 5:33-37
“ You have also heard that our ancestors were told,‘ You must not break your vows; you must carry out the vows you make to the Lord.’But I say, do not make any vows! Do not say,‘ By heaven!’ because heaven is God’s throne.And do not say,‘ By the earth!’ because the earth is his footstool. And do not say,‘ By Jerusalem!’ for Jerusalem is the city of the great King.Do not even say,‘ By my head!’ for you can’t turn one hair white or black.Just say a simple,‘ Yes, I will,’ or‘ No, I won’t.’ Anything beyond this is from the evil one.
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Hebrews 6:16-17
Now when people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding.God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.
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Joshua 2:12
“ Now swear to me by the Lord that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that
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Joshua 2:17
Before they left, the men told her,“ We will be bound by the oath we have taken only if you follow these instructions.
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Matthew 26:63-64
But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to him,“ I demand in the name of the living God— tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”Jesus replied,“ You have said it. And in the future you will see the Son of Man seated in the place of power at God’s right hand and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
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Psalms 50:14-16
Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High.Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.”But God says to the wicked:“ Why bother reciting my decrees and pretending to obey my covenant?
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Joshua 9:20
This is what we must do. We must let them live, for divine anger would come upon us if we broke our oath.
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Matthew 23:16-22
“ Blind guides! What sorrow awaits you! For you say that it means nothing to swear‘ by God’s Temple,’ but that it is binding to swear‘ by the gold in the Temple.’Blind fools! Which is more important— the gold or the Temple that makes the gold sacred?And you say that to swear‘ by the altar’ is not binding, but to swear‘ by the gifts on the altar’ is binding.How blind! For which is more important— the gift on the altar or the altar that makes the gift sacred?When you swear‘ by the altar,’ you are swearing by it and by everything on it.And when you swear‘ by the Temple,’ you are swearing by it and by God, who lives in it.And when you swear‘ by heaven,’ you are swearing by the throne of God and by God, who sits on the throne.
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Leviticus 24:11-16
During the fight, this son of an Israelite woman blasphemed the Name of the Lord with a curse. So the man was brought to Moses for judgment. His mother was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan.They kept the man in custody until the Lord’s will in the matter should become clear to them.Then the Lord said to Moses,“ Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and tell all those who heard the curse to lay their hands on his head. Then let the entire community stone him to death.Say to the people of Israel: Those who curse their God will be punished for their sin.Anyone who blasphemes the Name of the Lord must be stoned to death by the whole community of Israel. Any native born Israelite or foreigner among you who blasphemes the Name of the Lord must be put to death.
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Deuteronomy 10:20
You must fear the Lord your God and worship him and cling to him. Your oaths must be in his name alone.
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Proverbs 30:9
For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say,“ Who is the Lord?” And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.
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2 Corinthians 1 23
Now I call upon God as my witness that I am telling the truth. The reason I didn’t return to Corinth was to spare you from a severe rebuke.
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2 Samuel 21 1-2 Samuel 21 2
There was a famine during David’s reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the Lord about it. And the Lord said,“ The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”So the king summoned the Gibeonites. They were not part of Israel but were all that was left of the nation of the Amorites. The people of Israel had sworn not to kill them, but Saul, in his zeal for Israel and Judah, had tried to wipe them out.
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1 Kings 2 9
But that oath does not make him innocent. You are a wise man, and you will know how to arrange a bloody death for him.”
