Oaths

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Is it ever okay to break an oath? In most situations, it's an obvious no no. But what if say, for an example, some one was really mad cause someone stole something really important to them, and they swore by God's name that they would get it back at whatever cost and would kill anyone who tried to prevent it. Okay, so obviously, that's very bad to begin with. And Jesus said it's best not to swear at all. But once it's done and you can't take it back. If you realize how stupid you were and you regret ever saying it, and the oath would require you to kill a bunch of innocent people, should you keep it or go ahead and break it?

For the record, I'm not talking about any real person or anything

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Is it ever okay to break an oath? In most situations, it's an obvious no no. But what if say, for an example, some one was really mad cause someone stole something really important to them, and they swore by God's name that they would get it back at whatever cost and would kill anyone who tried to prevent it. Okay, so obviously, that's very bad to begin with. And Jesus said it's best not to swear at all. But once it's done and you can't take it back. If you realize how stupid you were and you regret ever saying it, and the oath would require you to kill a bunch of innocent people, should you keep it or go ahead and break it?
In a case such as this, the oath itself is a sin. Murder is a (worse?) sin - God would not want anyone to be murdered just because of an oath.

Whoever made such an oath should pray and ask God's forgiveness in Jesus's Name, and repent from ever doing it again. (And also ask God for wisdom and help in the anger department). God bless.