Nave’s Topical Bible
Oath
84 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
(A solemn qualification)
- Used in solemnizing covenants
- Between Abraham and the king of Sodom
- Between Abraham and Abimelech
- Between Isaac and Abimelech
- Abraham requires oath of his servant Eliezer
- Esau confirms the sale of his birthright by
- Jacob confirms the covenant between him and Laban by
- Requires Joseph to swear that he would bury him with his Forefathers
- Joseph requires a similar oath
- Rahab requires an oath from the spies
- The Israelites confirm the covenant with the Hivites
- Moses covenants with Caleb by
- The elders of Gilead confirm their pledge to Jephthah by
- The Israelites swear in Mizpeh
- Ruth swears to Naomi
- Boaz swears to Ruth
- Saul swears to Jonathan
- Jonathan and David confirm a covenant by
- David swears to Saul
- Saul swears to the witch of En-dor
- David swears not to eat until the sun goes down
- Joab confirms his word by
- David swears to Bath-sheba that Solomon will be king
- Solomon confirms his word by
- So does Shimei
- Elisha seals his vow to follow Elijah by
- King of Samaria confirms his word with an
- Gehazi confirms his lie by
- Jehoida requires an oath from the rulers
- Zedekiah violates
- Ezra requires, of the Priests and Levites
- So does Nehemiah
- Zedekiah swears to Jeremiah
- Gedaliah confirms his word by
- Peter confirms his denial of Jesus by
- ATTRIBUTED TO GOD
Genesis 22:16; Psalms 89:35; Psalms 95:11; Psalms 105:9; Psalms 132:11; Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 45:23; Jeremiah 11:5; Jeremiah 22:5; Jeremiah 49:13; Jeremiah 51:14; Luke 1:73; Hebrews 3:11,18; Hebrews 4:3; Hebrews 6:13-14,17; Hebrews 7:21,28; Revelation 10:6
- UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Exodus 20:7; Exodus 22:10-11; Exodus 23:1; Leviticus 6:2-5; Leviticus 19:12; Numbers 5:19-24; Deuteronomy 5:11; Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20; 1 Kings 8:31-32; Psalms 15:1-2,4; Ecclesiastes 8:2; Isaiah 48:1; Jeremiah 4:2; Jeremiah 5:2,7; Jeremiah 7:8-9; Jeremiah 12:16; Daniel 9:11; Daniel 12:7; Hosea 4:15; Matthew 5:33-37; Matthew 14:3-12; Matthew 23:18-22; Matthew 26:63; Mark 6:26; Acts 23:12-14; 2 Corinthians 1:23; Galatians 1:20; Hebrews 6:16; James 5:12; Revelation 10:5-6
See COVENANT
See FALSE WITNESS
See PERJURY
Bible verses about “Oath”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Genesis 14:22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
- Genesis 14:23That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
- Genesis 21:22And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
- Genesis 21:23Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
- Genesis 26:26Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
- Genesis 26:27And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
- Genesis 26:28And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
- Genesis 26:29That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord.
- Genesis 26:31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
- Genesis 24:2And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
- Genesis 24:3And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
- Genesis 24:9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
- Genesis 25:33And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
- Genesis 31:53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
- Genesis 47:28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
- Genesis 47:29And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
- Genesis 47:30But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
- Genesis 47:31And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
- Genesis 50:25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
- Joshua 2:12Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:
- Joshua 2:13And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
- Joshua 2:14And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
- Joshua 6:22But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
- Joshua 9:3And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
- Joshua 9:4They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
- Joshua 9:5And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
- Joshua 9:6And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
- Joshua 9:7And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
- Joshua 9:8And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
- Joshua 9:9And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
- Joshua 9:10And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
- Joshua 9:11Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
- Joshua 9:12This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:
- Joshua 9:13And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
- Joshua 9:14And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord.
- Joshua 9:15And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
- Joshua 9:16And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
- Joshua 9:17And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath–jearim.
- Joshua 9:18And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
- Joshua 9:19But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.