Bible Cross References
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Leviticus 19:12
Do not make a promise in my name if you do not intend to keep it; that brings disgrace on my name. I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 24:11-16
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put him under guard, and waited for the LORD to tell them what to do with him.
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The LORD said to Moses,
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"Take that man out of the camp. Everyone who heard him curse shall put his hands on the man's head to testify that he is guilty, and then the whole community shall stone him to death.
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Then tell the people of Israel that anyone who curses God must suffer the consequences
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and be put to death. Any Israelite or any foreigner living in Israel who curses the LORD shall be stoned to death by the whole community.
Deuteronomy 5:11
" 'Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the LORD your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name.
Psalm 50:14-16
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Let the giving of thanks be your sacrifice to God, and give the Almighty all that you promised.
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Call to me when trouble comes; I will save you, and you will praise me."
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But God says to the wicked, "Why should you recite my commandments? Why should you talk about my covenant?
Proverbs 30:9
If I have more, I might say that I do not need you. But if I am poor, I might steal and bring disgrace on my God.
Jeremiah 4:2
it will be right for you to swear by my name. Then all the nations will ask me to bless them, and they will praise me."
Matthew 5:33-37
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"You have also heard that people were told in the past, 'Do not break your promise, but do what you have vowed to the Lord to do.'
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But now I tell you: do not use any vow when you make a promise. Do not swear by heaven, for it is God's throne;
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nor by earth, for it is the resting place for his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
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Do not even swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.
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Just say 'Yes' or 'No'---anything else you say comes from the Evil One.
Matthew 23:16-22
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"How terrible for you, blind guides! You teach, 'If someone swears by the Temple, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gold in the Temple, he is bound.'
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Blind fools! Which is more important, the gold or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
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You also teach, 'If someone swears by the altar, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gift on the altar, he is bound.'
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How blind you are! Which is the more important, the gift or the altar which makes the gift holy?
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So then, when a person swears by the altar, he is swearing by it and by all the gifts on it;
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and when he swears by the Temple, he is swearing by it and by God, who lives there;
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and when someone swears by heaven, he is swearing by God's throne and by him who sits on it.
Matthew 26:63
But Jesus kept quiet. Again the High Priest spoke to him, "In the name of the living God I now put you under oath: tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God."
Matthew 26:64
Jesus answered him, "So you say. But I tell all of you: from this time on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right side of the Almighty and coming on the clouds of heaven!"
2 Corinthians 1:23
I call God as my witness---he knows my heart! It was in order to spare you that I decided not to go to Corinth.
Hebrews 6:16
When we make a vow, we use the name of someone greater than ourselves, and the vow settles all arguments.
Hebrews 6:17
To those who were to receive what he promised, God wanted to make it very clear that he would never change his purpose; so he added his vow to the promise.
James 5:12
Above all, my friends, do not use an oath when you make a promise. Do not swear by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Say only "Yes" when you mean yes, and "No" when you mean no, and then you will not come under God's judgment.
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Joshua 2:12
Now swear by him that you will treat my family as kindly as I have treated you, and give me some sign that I can trust you.
Joshua 2:17
The men said to her, "We will keep the promise that you have made us give.
Joshua 9:20
We must let them live because of our promise; if we don't, God will punish us.
2 Samuel 21:1
During David's reign there was a severe famine which lasted for three full years. So David consulted the LORD about it, and the LORD said, "Saul and his family are guilty of murder; he put the people of Gibeon to death."
2 Samuel 21:2
(The people of Gibeon were not Israelites; they were a small group of Amorites whom the Israelites had promised to protect, but Saul had tried to destroy them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)
1 Kings 2:9
But you must not let him go unpunished. You know what to do, and you must see to it that he is put to death."