Matthew 5:33

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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:

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  • Deut 23:21 : 21 When you take an oath to the Lord, do not be slow to give effect to it: for without doubt the Lord your God will make you responsible, and will put it to your account as sin.
  • Lev 19:12 : 12 And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.
  • Deut 23:23 : 23 Whatever your lips have said, see that you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God.
  • Ps 50:14 : 14 Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High;
  • Ps 76:11 : 11 Give to the Lord your God what is his by right; let all who are round him give offerings to him who is to be feared.
  • Eccl 5:4-6 : 4 It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it. 5 Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands. 6 Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.
  • Num 30:2-9 : 2 And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord. 3 When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do. 4 If a woman, being young and under the authority of her father, takes an oath to the Lord or gives an undertaking; 5 If her father, hearing of her oath or the undertaking she has given, says nothing to her, then all her oaths and every undertaking she has given will have force. 6 But if her father, hearing of it, makes her take back her word, then the oaths or the undertakings she has given will have no force; and she will have forgiveness from the Lord, because her oath was broken by her father. 7 And if she is married to a husband at the time when she is under an oath or an undertaking given without thought; 8 If her husband, hearing of it, says nothing to her at the time, then the oaths she made and the undertakings she gave will have force. 9 But if her husband, hearing of it, makes her take it back, then the oath she made and the undertaking she gave without thought will have no force or effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness. 10 But an oath made by a widow or one who is no longer married to her husband, and every undertaking she has given, will have force. 11 If she made an oath while she was under the authority of her husband, 12 And her husband, hearing of it, said nothing to her and did not put a stop to it, then all her oaths and every undertaking she gave will have force. 13 But if her husband, on hearing of it, made them without force or effect, then whatever she has said about her oaths or her undertaking has no force: her husband has made them without effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness. 14 Every oath, and every undertaking which she gives, to keep herself from pleasure, may be supported or broken by her husband. 15 But if the days go on, and her husband says nothing whatever to her, then he is giving the support of his authority to her oaths and undertakings, because at the time of hearing them he said nothing to her. 16 But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.
  • Exod 20:7 : 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
  • Matt 5:27 : 27 You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:
  • Matt 23:16-22 : 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. 21 And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is. 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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    26Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.

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  • Lev 19:11-12
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  • Deut 5:11-12
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    11You 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 as a sinner by the Lord.

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    4It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.

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    6Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.

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    17Do not put anyone to death without cause.

    18Do not be false to the married relation.

    19Do not take the property of another.

    20Do not give false witness against your neighbour;

  • Matt 5:21
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    21You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

  • Matt 23:20-22
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    20He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it.

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    31Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:

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    13Do not put anyone to death without cause.

    14Do not be false to the married relation.

    15Do not take the property of another.

    16Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

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    13Let 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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    18He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

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    2And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.

  • Matt 23:16
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    16A 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.

  • Mark 10:19
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    5The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it is never to go out; every morning the priest is to put wood on it, placing the burned offering in order on it, and there the fat of the peace-offering is to be burned.

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    3And the priest is to put on his linen robes and his linen trousers, and take up what is over of the offering after it has been burned on the altar, and put it by the side of the altar.

  • Ps 15:4
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    4Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the Lord, turning away from him who has not the Lord's approval. He who takes an oath against himself, and makes no change.

  • 2 Chr 6:22
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    22If 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: