To swear or to hear one swear, bad news.
Dream dictionary: swear dream meanings
Making an oath means obligations and commitments. Tense situations. Disease. Penalties for love.
…(To command solemnly | to swear by God | or to take an oath.) If one sees himself swearing in God’s Name before someone in a dream, it means that the other person will deceive him. To swear solemnly by the stars, the celestial signs or by any physical sign in a dream means arrogance, deception, humiliation, hypocrisy or heedlessness. If one is truthful in his oath in a dream it means that he will win his argument, speak the truth or perform an act that pleases God Almighty. To swear by God in a dream when failure to perform requires atonement means following the truth and emulating the leading example of God’s Prophet, upon whom be peace….
…When we want someone to swear us anything it means that we do not trust our partner. If it’s us who swear, that means we are making a promise about something that we’re not quite sure we will keep….
Indicates distrust whether we are trying to get people in the dream to swear things to us or we are the ones swearing about something.