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Leviticus 19:12
“‘ You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
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Deuteronomy 5:11
“ You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God; for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.
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James 5:12
But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear— not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your“ yes” be“ yes”, and your“ no”,“ no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.
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Jeremiah 4:2
and you will swear,‘ As Yahweh lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations will bless themselves in him, and they will glory in him.”
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Matthew 5:33-37
“ Again you have heard that it was said to the ancient ones,‘ You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,’but I tell you, don’t swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can’t make one hair white or black.But let your‘ Yes’ be‘ Yes’ and your‘ No’ be‘ No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
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Hebrews 6:16-17
For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath,
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Joshua 2:12
Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true sign;
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Joshua 2:17
The men said to her,“ We will be guiltless of this your oath which you’ve made us to swear.
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Matthew 26:63-64
But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him,“ I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”Jesus said to him,“ You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky.”
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Psalms 50:14-16
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”But to the wicked God says,“ What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
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Joshua 9:20
We will do this to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.”
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Matthew 23:16-22
“ Woe to you, you blind guides, who say,‘ Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?‘ Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?’You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who has been living in it.He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
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Leviticus 24:11-16
The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.They put him in custody until Yahweh’s will should be declared to them.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,“ Bring him who cursed out of the camp; and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying,‘ Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.He who blasphemes Yahweh’s name, he shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him. The foreigner as well as the native- born shall be put to death when he blasphemes the Name.
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Deuteronomy 10:20
You shall fear Yahweh your God. You shall serve him. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.
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Proverbs 30:9
lest I be full, deny you, and say,‘ Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
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2 Corinthians 1 23
But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn’t come to Corinth to spare you.
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2 Samuel 21 1-2 Samuel 21 2
There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Yahweh. Yahweh said,“ It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”The king called the Gibeonites, and said to them( now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);
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1 Kings 2 9
Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”
