They said it was just a prayer.
A harmless promise between lovers.
But it wasn't just words...
It was a spiritual key that unlocked something ancient.
It began in 1973, with a couple named Emmanuel and Grace.
They were church lovers — innocent, pure, until they found a parchment hidden in the back of an abandoned cathedral in Enugu.
Burnt edges. Bloody fingerprints. And six words carved in Latin:
> "Do not vow what you can't bleed."
They thought it was poetic.
The oath inside was beautiful — almost holy:
> "Before God, I vow my soul to you.
If I betray this love, let the Spirit convict me…
If I lie, let peace depart from me…"
They recited it at midnight. In candlelight. With drops of blood.
And sealed it with a kiss.
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7 days later…
Grace stopped sleeping.
She heard scratches on the walls, even though they lived in a flat on the 3rd floor.
Her Bible pages turned by themselves at 3:16 every night.
Emmanuel began hearing a woman's voice in his head:
> "Your peace is leaving... Your peace is leaving…"
One night, Grace screamed in her sleep — and when she woke up, her tongue was tied like rope in her mouth. No doctor could explain it.
Emmanuel was caught cheating 2 weeks later.
That night, the electricity in their area blew out. The ground cracked under their bed. And his heart literally stopped at 3:16am.
No wounds. No sickness.
Just a clean, silent death — with a black burn mark on his chest… shaped like a cross, upside down.
Grace was found 3 days later — her eyes open, but empty. Whispering only one word on repeat:
> "Oath... Oath... Oath..."
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⚰️ But that was just the first couple.
Over the years, 13 others across Nigeria, Kenya, Germany, and the UK were found dead, broken, or mentally destroyed after repeating the same love oath.
They thought it was safe.
They thought it was cute.
They didn't know… it had conditions.
If you break it — it breaks you.
If you lie in it — it eats your soul.
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Some say the original oath was written by a fallen priest who was betrayed by his wife and cursed the words forever.
Others believe the oath is alive — and that every time a couple says it falsely, the spirit behind it chooses one of them to collect.
One girl on TikTok tried it for fun last year.
She laughed. "It's just a prayer."
The next day, she had no voice.
She only wrote the words "Let my peace depart" on the mirror... in blood.
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🕯️ Final Warning:
They say if you say this oath without meaning it…
The Holy Spirit will not protect you.
Something else… will answer.
So when you say:
> "If I betray this covenant without cause,
May Your Spirit convict me,
May my peace depart…"
Just pray… it's not your breath that departs next.
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💀 Some covenants protect you.
💔 Some covenants punish you.
👁️🗨️ And some covenants... never die.
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