But Jacob said, “Swear an oath to me now.” So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

Jacob said, “Swear to me that you will do so.” So Joseph gave him his word. Then Israel bowed down at the head of his bed.

I will remove those who worship the stars in the sky from their rooftops, those who swear allegiance to the Lord while taking oaths in the name of their ‘king,’

Abraham said, “I swear to do this.”

I have vowed and solemnly sworn to keep your just regulations.

and how he made a vow to the Lord, and swore an oath to the powerful ruler of Jacob.

Then someone from the army informed him, “Your father put the army under a strict oath saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food today!’ That is why the army is tired.”

So Ezra got up and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath to carry out this plan. And they all took a solemn oath.

I solemnly make this oath – what I say is true and reliable: ‘Surely every knee will bow to me, every tongue will solemnly affirm;

Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God; whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them.

The Lord asked, “How can I leave you unpunished, Jerusalem? Your people have rejected me and have worshiped gods that are not gods at all. Even though I supplied all their needs, they were like an unfaithful wife to me. They went flocking to the houses of prostitutes.

So Pharaoh said, “Go and bury your father, just as he made you swear to do.”

So the anger of the Lord was kindled that day, and he swore,

When the Lord heard you, he became angry and made this vow:

You must revere the Lord your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.

They swore their allegiance to the Lord, shouting their approval loudly and sounding trumpets and horns.

The Lord said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:

Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness, I will never deceive David.

Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?

So I made a vow in my anger, ‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”