Bible verses about "swearing" | Goodspeed

¹⁶ Do you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit makes its home in you?

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.

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.

³⁶ But I tell you, for every careless word that men utter they will have to answer on the Day of Judgment.

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.

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.

⁴ There must be no indecency or foolish or scurrilous talk—all that is unbecoming. There should be thanksgiving instead. ⁵ For you may be sure that no one who is immoral, or greedy for gain (for that is idolatry) can have any share in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

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.