Thematic Bible: Swearing falsely
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Swearing falsely » Forbidden
And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.
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When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.
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Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:
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Swearing falsely » False witnesses guilty of
And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,
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If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,
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Swearing falsely » Exemplified » saul
And Saul would have sent his spear through him, pinning him to the wall, but he got away and the spear went into the wall: and that night David went in flight and got away.
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And Saul gave ear to the voice of Jonathan, and said with an oath, By the living Lord, he is not to be put to death.
Swearing falsely » Exemplified » Peter
Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock.
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And again he said with an oath, I have no knowledge of the man.
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Swearing falsely » The wicked » Addicted to
Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field.
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And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.
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Swearing falsely » Saints abstain from
This is what we will do to them: we will not put them to death, for fear that wrath may come on us because of our oath to them.
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Swearing falsely » Exemplified » Zedekiah
And he took one of the sons of the king and made an agreement with him; and he put him under an oath, and took away the great men of the land: So that the kingdom might be made low with no power of lifting itself up, but might keep his agreement to be his servants. But he went against his authority in sending representatives to Egypt to get from them horses and a great army. Will he do well? will he be safe who does such things? if the agreement is broken will he be safe? read more.
By my life, says the Lord, truly in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he put on one side and let his agreement with him be broken, even in Babylon he will come to his death. And Pharaoh with his strong army and great forces will be no help to him in the war, when they put up earthworks and make strong walls for the cutting off of lives: For he put his oath on one side in letting the agreement be broken; and though he had given his hand to it, he did all these things; he will not get away safe. And so the Lord has said, By my life, truly, for my oath which he put on one side, and my agreement which has been broken, I will send punishment on his head.
By my life, says the Lord, truly in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he put on one side and let his agreement with him be broken, even in Babylon he will come to his death. And Pharaoh with his strong army and great forces will be no help to him in the war, when they put up earthworks and make strong walls for the cutting off of lives: For he put his oath on one side in letting the agreement be broken; and though he had given his hand to it, he did all these things; he will not get away safe. And so the Lord has said, By my life, truly, for my oath which he put on one side, and my agreement which has been broken, I will send punishment on his head.
Swearing falsely » Exemplified » Shimei
And news was given to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had come back again. Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you take an oath by the Lord, protesting to you and saying, Be certain that on the day when you go out from here, wherever you go, death will overtake you? and you said to me, Very well! Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the order which I gave you?
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Plead excuses for
Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you; And come and take your place before me in this house, which is named by my name, and say, We have been made safe; so that you may do all these disgusting things?
Swearing falsely » Fraud often leads to
If anyone does wrong, and is untrue to the Lord, acting falsely to his neighbour in connection with something put in his care, or something given for a debt, or has taken away anything by force, or has been cruel to his neighbour, Or has taken a false oath about the loss of something which he has come across by chance; if a man has done any of these evil things,
Swearing falsely » We should not love
Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.
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Swearing falsely » Hateful to God
Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.
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Swearing falsely » Exemplified » Jews
For this is what the Lord has said: I will do to you as you have done, you who, putting the oath on one side, have let the agreement be broken.
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Swearing falsely » The wicked » Shall have a curse upon their houses for
And I will send it out, says the Lord of armies, and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of him who takes a false oath by my name: and it will be in his house, causing its complete destruction, with its woodwork and its stones.
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Swearing falsely » The wicked » Shall be cut off for
Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment.
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Swearing falsely » Blessedness of abstaining from
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Shall be judged on account of
And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
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