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1 Samuel 17 55
And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
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Genesis 42:12
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
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Deuteronomy 6:13
Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by his name.
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Matthew 23:16-22
Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that 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 which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
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Genesis 43:3
And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
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Genesis 42:20
and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
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Genesis 42:16
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
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Jeremiah 5:2
And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.
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Genesis 42:30
The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
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Genesis 42:7
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
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Genesis 44:20-34
And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loveth him.And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since:and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever.Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.
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1 Samuel 1 26
And she said, Oh, my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto Jehovah.
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1 Samuel 20 3
And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father knoweth well that I have found favor in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
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Jeremiah 5:7
How can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots’ houses;
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Matthew 5:33-37
Again, ye have heard that it was said to 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 the heaven, for it is the throne of God;nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.
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Genesis 42:34
and bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.
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James 5:12
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.
