Matthew 5:33-37

Oaths

33Again ayou have heard that it was said to those of old, b‘You shall not swear falsely, but cshall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ 34But I say to you, dDo not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for eit is the throne of God, 35or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is fthe city of the great King. 36And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. 37Let what you say be simply ‘Yesor ‘No’; ganything more than this comes from evil.
Or the evil one


Matthew 23:16-22

16Woe to iyou, jblind guides, who say, kIf anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or lthe temple that has made the gold sacred? 18And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by mthe gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or nthe altar that makes the gift sacred? 20So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by ohim who dwells in it. 22And whoever swears by pheaven swears by qthe throne of God and by rhim who sits upon it.

Matthew 26:63-64

63 sBut Jesus remained silent. tAnd the high priest said to him, u“I adjure you by vthe living God, wtell us if you are xthe Christ, ythe Son of God.” 64Jesus said to him, zYou have said so. But I tell you, from now on aayou will see the Son of Man abseated at the right hand of Power and accoming on the clouds of heaven.”

2 Corinthians 1:23

23But adI call God to witness against me—it was aeto spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.

Hebrews 6:16-17

16For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes afan oath is final for confirmation. 17So when God desired to show more convincingly to agthe heirs of the promise ahthe unchangeable character of his purpose, aihe guaranteed it with an oath,

James 5:12

12But above all, my brothers, ajdo not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let youryesbe yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.

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