Matthew 23:21
And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is.
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Referenced Verses
- 1 Kgs 8:13 : 13 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.
- Ps 26:8 : 8 Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.
- 2 Chr 6:2 : 2 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.
- 2 Chr 7:2 : 2 And the priests were not able to go into the house of the Lord, for the Lord's house was full of the glory of the Lord.
- 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!
- Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.
- Eph 2:22 : 22 In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.
- Col 2:9 : 9 For in him all the wealth of God's being has a living form,
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- Matt 23:16-205 verses88%
16 A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.
17 You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
18 And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible.
19 You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?
20 He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it.
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22 And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.
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31 If a man does wrong to his neighbour, and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:
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22 If a man does wrong to his neighbour and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:
- Matt 5:33-364 verses73%
33 Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:
34 But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;
35 Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.
36 You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.
- 1 Cor 3:16-172 verses73%
16 Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?
17 If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.
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5 But if you do not give ear to these words, I give you my oath by myself, says the Lord, that this house will become a waste.
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4 Put no faith in false words, saying, The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, are these.
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13 Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.
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12 And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.
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6 But I say to you that a greater thing than the Temple is here.
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5 And some were talking about the Temple, how it was made fair with beautiful stones and with offerings, but he said,
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2 And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.
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21 But his words were about that holy building which was his body.
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5 And the worshippers of the army of heaven on the house-tops, and the Lord's worshippers who take oaths by Milcom,
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13 And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.
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24 And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.
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4 Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.
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6 And took his oath by him who is living for ever and ever, who made the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there would be no more waiting:
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24 The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands;
- Zech 5:3-42 verses67%
3 Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment.
4 And I will send it out, says the Lord of armies, and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of him who takes a false oath by my name: and it will be in his house, causing its complete destruction, with its woodwork and its stones.
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8 And they made it their living-place, building there a holy house for your name, and saying,
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23 Then King Solomon took an oath by the Lord, saying, May God's punishment be on me if Adonijah does not give payment for these words with his life.
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20 Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name.
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21 And having a great priest over the house of God,
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3 Who may go up into the hill of the Lord? and who may come into his holy place?
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21 And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?
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61 But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.
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22 And I saw no Temple there; because the Lord God, the Ruler of all, and the Lamb are its Temple.
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16 So that he who is requesting a blessing will make use of the name of the true God, and he who takes an oath will do so by the true God; because the past troubles are gone out of mind, and because they are covered from my eyes.
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13 For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,
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8 You have made little of my holy things, and have made my Sabbaths unclean.
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21 In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;
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23 And this answer given by secret arts will seem false to those who have given their oaths and have let them be broken: but he will keep the memory of evil-doing so that they may be taken.
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12 But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.
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4 And by his measure it was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide in front of the Temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place.
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27 But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!
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7 You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord
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23 The Temple had two doors.
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12 This is the law of the house: On the top of the mountain all the space round it on every side will be most holy. See, this is the law of the house.
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23 And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?