Bible Verses about Swearing

12 Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.

7 “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.’
34 But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.
36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.
37 All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

37 All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.

8 But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

74 Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed.

14 May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

7 His mouth is full of lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.

14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

17 He loved to pronounce a curse may it come back on him. He found no pleasure in blessing may it be far from him.

11 “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

12 For the sins of their mouths, for the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies they utter,