18 occurrences in 12 translations

'Swear' in the Bible

"Again, you have heard that it was told those who lived long ago, "You must not swear an oath falsely,' but, "You must fulfill your oaths to the Lord.'

Verse ConceptsMaking VowsFalse WaysGod Speaking Of Oldgrandmas

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

Verse ConceptsKnowing Right And WrongStatus Of The TempleUnimportant ThingsSwearing

And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

Verse ConceptsKnowing Right And WrongOffering SacrificesUnimportant ThingsSwearing

Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

Verse ConceptsSwearing BySwearing

And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

Verse ConceptsStatus Of The TempleSwearing BySwearing

And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

Verse ConceptsHeaven, God's ThroneHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansGod Sitting In GlorySwearing BySwearing

But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I call on You to swear a binding oath by the living God, that you tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingSilenceSpeech, Power And Significance OfAdjurationChrist Being SilentWho Is Jesus?Called Himself The ChristRivers

But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

Verse ConceptsPrayerlessnessNot Knowing About ChristSwearing

a prophet, therefore, being, and knowing that with an oath God did swear to him, out of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, to raise up the Christ, to sit upon his throne,

Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofChrist, The Seed OfOaths, DivineJesus Christ, KingGod Swearing BlessingsKnowing FactsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

'And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersPeople MultiplyingGod's Promise To AbrahamThe Time AppointedPromisesfulfillment

And who did He swear to that they would not enter His rest, if not those who disobeyed?

Verse ConceptsGod Swearing Harmdisobedience

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

Verse ConceptsGod HimselfSwearing

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

Verse ConceptsConfirmationSwearing OathsSwearing BySwearing

and did swear in Him who doth live to the ages of the ages, who did create the heaven and the things in it, and the land and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it -- that time shall not be yet,

Verse ConceptsEarth, Creation OfGod, Living And Self sustainingHeaven, Nature OfNatureCreation Of The Physical HeavensImminenceCreation Of The SeasGod Not DelayingSwearing ByRainbow

Bible Theasaurus

Affirm (70 instances)
Assert (5 instances)
Blaspheme (17 instances)
Depose (2 instances)

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