Bible verses about "swearing" | WPNT

¹⁶ Do you (pl) not know that you are a temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you?

³⁴ But I say to you not to swear at all: neither by heaven, because it is God’s throne; ³⁵ nor by the earth, because it is a stool for His feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. ³⁶ Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. ³⁷ But let your word be ‘yes yes’, ‘no no’; for whatever is more than these is from the malignant one. [!!]

⁴⁵ The good man produces the good out of the good treasure in his heart, and the malignant man produces the malignant out of the malignant treasure in his heart; because his mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart.

³⁶ Furthermore I say to you that for every useless word whatever that people may speak, they will give account of it in the Day of judgment.

³³ “Again you have heard that it was said to the ancients: ‘You shall not swear falsely, but you shall perform your oaths to the Lord’. ³⁴ But I say to you not to swear at all: neither by heaven, because it is God’s throne; ³⁵ nor by the earth, because it is a stool for His feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. ³⁶ Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. ³⁷ But let your word be ‘yes yes’, ‘no no’; for whatever is more than these is from the malignant one. [!!]

¹² But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or any other oath. Let your “Yes” be “Yes”, and your “No”, “No”, lest you fall into pretense.

⁴ nor any obscenity, nor foolish talk or coarse joking (that do not belong), but rather thanksgiving. ⁵ Because you can know this for sure: no fornicator, nor anyone who is morally corrupt or insatiable (actually an idolater), has any inheritance in the Kingdom of the Christ and God.

²⁹ Let no evil word proceed from your mouth, but only what is good for edification, as needed, that it may impart grace to those who hear.