Bible Verses About Swearing

"But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation."

James 5:12 ESV

"Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?"

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV

"“Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil."

Matthew 5:33-37 ESV

"Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear."

Ephesians 4:29 ESV

"They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field."

Hosea 10:4 KJV

"By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood."

Hosea 4:2 KJV

"For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right."

Jeremiah 23:10 KJV

"And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity."

Leviticus 5:1 KJV

"There is swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed."

Hosea 4:2 NASB

"In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the LORD of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction."

Isaiah 19:18 NASB