Or if a person swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in whatever matter a man may speak thoughtlessly with an oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty in one of these.My first thought in this is wondering how someone doesn't realize they've sworn? Is this supposed to be one of those situations where they thought they were just thinking it, but realized it popped out their mouth too? That's the only situation I can think of, but I wonder if there's some other possibility, like a Freudian slip or some such.
I also find it interesting that the reason for the swearing doesn't matter. It can be for good (cursing someone who's done a serious wrong) or bad (insert example here, let your imaginations make one up). Either way, it is forbidden. Intent has nothing to do with whether something is wrong. I always found intentions vs. actions to be an interesting divergence in modern culture, where supposedly someone can do the wrong thing for the right reasons. Never could figure the logic of that school of thought myself.
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