16 Do you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit makes its home in you?
Bible verses about "swearing" | Goodspeed
1 Corinthians 3:16
Matthew 5:34-37
34 But I tell you not to swear at all, either by heaven, for it is God's throne,
35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king.
36 You must not swear by your own head, for you cannot make one single hair white or black.
37 But your way of speaking must be 'Yes' or 'No.' Anything that goes beyond that comes from the evil one.
Luke 6:45
45 A good man, out of the good he has accumulated in his heart, produces good, and a bad man, out of what he has accumulated that is bad, produces what is bad. For his mouth says only what his heart is full of.
Matthew 12:36
36 But I tell you, for every careless word that men utter they will have to answer on the Day of Judgment.
Matthew 5:33-37
33 "Again, you have heard that the men of old were told, 'You shall not swear falsely, but you must fulfil your oaths to the Lord.'
34 But I tell you not to swear at all, either by heaven, for it is God's throne,
35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king.
36 You must not swear by your own head, for you cannot make one single hair white or black.
37 But your way of speaking must be 'Yes' or 'No.' Anything that goes beyond that comes from the evil one.
James 5:12
12 Above all, my brothers, do not swear an oath, either by heaven or by the earth, or by anything else; let your "Yes" be a plain Yes, and your "No" a plain No, or you will fall under condemnation.
Ephesians 5:4-5
Ephesians 4:29
29 No bad word must ever pass your lips, but only words that are good and suited to improve the occasion, so that they will be a blessing to those who hear them.