The gemara has what seems to me to be an astonishing הוה אמינא: that the prohibition of misusing Hashem's name - punished by malkus - might include even swearing to the truth. As Rashi says, the verses in Mishpatim might allow you to swear to save money from someone's claim, but you'd still get malkus since you brought yourself to swearing!
The gemara will bring verses to show that swearing to the truth is indeed allowed (ובשמו תשבע). But I don't understand the idea at all. People in Chumash, and Tanach, are constantly swearing to each other. Tzaddikim, too - Avraham to Avimelech is maybe the first. Why can't any of those verses be brought as proof?
The truth is that we say in Aleinu,
כי לך תכרע כל ברך, תשבע כל לשון
It seems that just as it is an honor to Hashem that everyone bows only to him, so too it's a honor to him that we swear in his name.
The gemara will bring verses to show that swearing to the truth is indeed allowed (ובשמו תשבע). But I don't understand the idea at all. People in Chumash, and Tanach, are constantly swearing to each other. Tzaddikim, too - Avraham to Avimelech is maybe the first. Why can't any of those verses be brought as proof?
The truth is that we say in Aleinu,
כי לך תכרע כל ברך, תשבע כל לשון
It seems that just as it is an honor to Hashem that everyone bows only to him, so too it's a honor to him that we swear in his name.