Verse 12

But aboue all thynges my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, neither by earth, neither any other othe: Let your yea, be yea, and your nay nay, lest you fall into condempnation.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:33-37 : 33 Agayne, ye haue hearde that it was sayde vnto them of olde tyme: Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt perfourme vnto the Lorde thine othes. 34 But, I say vnto you: Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is gods seate, 35 Nor by the earth, for it is his footestoole, neither by Hierusalem, for it is the citie of the great kyng. 36 Neither shalt thou sweare by thy head, because thou canst not make one heere whyte or blacke. 37 But let your communication be yea, yea, nay nay. For whatsoeuer is more then these, commeth of euyll.
• 2 Cor 1:17-20 : 17 When I therfore was thus mynded, did I vse lightnesse? or mynde I carnally those thynges whiche I mynde, that with me shoulde be yea yea, & nay nay? 18 God is faythfull: For our preaching to you, was not yea and nay. 19 For Gods sonne Iesus Christe which was preached among you by vs, euen by me, and Siluanus, and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in hym it was yea. 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and are in him Amen, vnto the glorie of God, through vs.
• 1 Cor 11:34 : 34 If any man hunger, let hym eate at home, that ye come not together vnto condempnation. Other thynges wyll I set in order when I come.
• Matt 23:16-22 : 16 Wo be vnto you ye blynde guides: for ye say, whosoeuer doth sweare by the temple, it is nothyng: but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the temple, he is a detter. 17 Ye fooles and blynde. For whether is greater, the golde, or the temple that sanctifieth the golde? 18 And whosoeuer sweareth by the aulter, it is nothyng: but whosoeuer sweareth by the gyft that is vpon it, he is a detter. 19 Ye fooles and blynde, for whether is greater, the gyft: or the aulter that sanctifieth the gyft? 20 Who so therfore sweareth by the aulter, sweareth by it, and by all thynges theron. 21 And who so sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by hym that dwelleth therin. 22 And he that sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the seate of God, and by hym that sitteth theron.