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Is it OK to take oaths?
The taking of oaths is sanctioned. The taking of oaths is forbidden.
Genesis 21:23-24
Now, therefore, swear unto me here by God ... And Abraham said, I will swear.

Genesis 24:2-3
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant ... Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: and I will make thee swear by the Lord.

Genesis 24:9
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

Genesis 31:53
And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

Genesis 47:31
And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him.

Leviticus 27:2, 10
When a man shall make a singular vow .... He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good,

Numbers 30:2
If a man vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

Deuteronomy 6:13
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

Deuteronomy 10:20
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him thou shalt serve, and to him thou shalt cleave, and swear by his name.

Deuteronomy 23:21
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay for it; for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

Psalm 3:11
Every one that sweareth by him shall glory.

Isaiah 45:23
I [God] have sworn by myself.

Isaiah 48:1
O house of Jacob ... which swear by the name of the Lord.

Isaiah 65:16
He that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth.

Jeremaih 4:2
And thou shalt swear.

Jeremiah 12:16
And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.

Hebrews 6:13
He [God] sware to himself.

Rev.10:5-6
And the angel ... sware by him that liveth for ever and ever.
Matthew 5:34
But I say unto you, swear not at all; neither by heaven for it is God's throne; nor by the earth for it is his footstool.

James 5:12
But above all things, brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
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