Leviticus 19:12

12 aYou shall not swear by my name falsely, and so bprofane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

Isaiah 48:1

Israel Refined for God’s Glory

1 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
cwho are called by the name of Israel,
and dwho came from the waters of Judah,
ewho swear by the name of the Lord
and confess the God of Israel,
but not in truth or right.

Jeremiah 5:2

2 fThough they say, “As the Lord lives,”
gyet they swear falsely.

Jeremiah 23:10

10 hFor the land is full of adulterers;
ibecause of the curse jthe land mourns,
and kthe pastures of the wilderness are dried up.
lTheir course is evil,
and their might is not right.

Ezekiel 17:13-16

13 mAnd he took one of the royal offspring
Hebrew seed
oand made a covenant with him, pputting him under oath ( qthe chief men of the land he had taken away),
14that the kingdom might be humble and not lift itself up, and keep his covenant that it might stand. 15 rBut he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors sto Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. tWill he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he ubreak the covenant and yet escape?

16 v“As I live, declares the Lord God, surely win the place where the king dwells xwho made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant with him he broke, in Babylon he shall die.

Zechariah 5:4

4I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of yhim who swears falsely by my name. And zit shall remain in his house and aaconsume it, both timber and stones.”

Zechariah 8:17

17 abdo not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and aclove no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the Lord.”

Malachi 3:5

5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be ada swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those aewho oppress the hired worker in his wages, afthe widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

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