OATHS
(See also Allegiance; Swearing)
accompanying an oath with a gesture: w76 447-448
allegiance to Hitler: g75 7/22 27-28; g61 8/8 4
Amen: ad 64
atheists’ rights in United States: g61 8/22 30
citizenship: w80 1/15 19; g61 4/8 28; g52 7/22 27-28; g46 6/19 25-27
court: w76 447-448; g65 12/8 31; w63 649; g61 4/8 27; w60 352; w57 285; w56 88-89; w54 597-598; w51 95; g37 2/24 349-350; g37 6/2 562
discussion: g75 7/22 27-28; ad 1237-1238
“do not swear at all” (Mt 5:34): w78 6/1 13-14; ad 1238; g61 4/8 27-28
early Christians: w51 138-139
examples in Bible: w76 448; ad 1237-1238; w65 683-685
hand under another’s thigh: w76 448; ad 164
Hebrew words: ad 1237; w65 683-684
Jehovah’s: ad 1237; kj 316; w66 31, 734; w65 655-656, 684-685, 688-690; ns 8-9, 78, 280; g61 4/8 27; w58 731; w57 633; w54 181-183; w52 313; rm 243-244
Jesus under oath on trial: w78 6/1 13-14; g61 4/8 27
keeping: w72 28-30; w64 324; w60 352; w56 88-89; w54 597-598; w51 95-96
Knights of Columbus: w63 294
labor unions: g75 7/22 28; g61 4/8 28
‘loyalty’: w73 62-63; g64 5/8 21; g51 3/22 24; g36 1/15 244; g36 12/16 171-172
Mosaic Law: w78 6/1 13-14
passports: g75 7/22 28; g72 10/8 29; g67 2/22 31; w64 551; g61 4/8 28
propriety: ad 1238; g61 4/8 27-28
“stop swearing” (Jas 5:12): cj 195-197; ad 1238
Zedekiah: w73 59-60; pm 214-215; ad 1686