SWEARING (Oaths)

(See also Oaths; Promises; Vows; Word [Promise])

Abraham: w12 10/15 23

ancient custom sheds light on status of Belshazzar: w86 2/1 27

Christian view of: w22.04 28-29; it-2 517-518; w12 10/15 27-28; w03 1/15 21; w97 11/15 22

confidentiality agreements: w87 9/1 14-15

discussion: it-2 516-518

“do not swear at all” (Mt 5:34): w22.04 28; it-2 517-518

gestures denoting: w22.04 29; it-1 217; it-2 517

Greek words: it-2 516

Hebrew words: it-1 557; it-2 516

Hippocratic oath: g04 4/22 20-22

Jehovah’s oaths: it-2 516, 518; w12 10/15 22-26; ws 82-85

to Abraham: mwb24.11 2; w12 10/15 23-24; ws 83-85

Jewish practice in Jesus’ day: w17.10 32

Law covenant: it-2 517

vows: it-2 517

Peter ‘cursed and swore’ (Mt 26:74): it-1 558; it-2 518; jy 288; gt chapter 120; w90 11/15 8

Saul’s rash oath: ijwia article 2; it-2 871; si 55; w86 6/1 31

“stop swearing” (Jas 5:12): it-2 518; w97 11/15 22

swearing by Jehovah: it-2 13

swearing “by the gold of the temple” (Mt 23:16): jy 252-253; gt chapter 109; w90 2/15 8-9

swears “to what is bad for himself” (Ps 15:4): w06 5/15 19; w89 9/15 28-29

vow differs: it-2 1162