James 5:12

Coverdale Bible (1535)

But aboue all thinges my brethre, sweare not, nether by heaue, nether by earth, nether by eny other othe. Let youre ye be ye, and yor naye naye: lest ye faule in to ypocricy.

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  • Matt 5:33-37 : 33 Agayne, ye haue herde, how it was sayde to the of olde tyme: Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt performe thyne ooth to God. 34 But I saye vnto you: sweare not at all, nether by heaue, for it is Godis seate: 35 nor yet by the earth, for it is his fote stole: nether by Ierusalem, for it is the cyte of ye greate kinge: 36 nether shalt thou sweare by thy heed, because thou canst not make one heer whyte or blacke: 37 But your communicacion shalbe, yee, yee: nay, nay. For what soeuer is more then that, commeth of euel.
  • 2 Cor 1:17-20 : 17 Whan I thus wyse was mynded, dyd I vse ligthnesse? Or are my thoughtes fleshly.? Not so but with me yee is yee, and nay is naye. 18 O faithfull God, that oure worde vnto you hath not bene yee and naye. 19 For Gods sonne Iesus Christ, which was preached amonge you by vs (namely, by me and Siluanus and Timotheus) was not yee and naye, but in him it was yee. 20 For all the promyses of God are yee in him, & are Ame in him, to the prayse of God by vs.
  • 1 Cor 11:34 : 34 But yf eny man honger, let him eate at home, that ye come not together vnto codempnacion. As for other thinges, I wil set them in order whan I come.
  • Matt 23:16-22 : 16 Wo vnto you blyndegydes, which saye: Who so euer sweareth by the temple, that is nothinge: but who so euer sweareth by the golde of the temple, he is giltie. 17 Ye fooles and blynde, whether is greater? the golde, or the teple that sanctifieth the golde? 18 And who so euer sweareth by the altare, that is nothinge: but who so euer sweareth by the offeringe that is vpo it, he is giltye. 19 Ye fooles and blynde, whether is greater? the offeringe, or the altare that sanctifieth the offerynge? 20 Therfore who so sweareth by the altare, sweareth by the same, and by all that is theron: 21 and who so sweareth by the temple, sweareth by the same, and by him that dwelleth therin. 22 And who so sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the seate of God, and by him that sytteth theron.

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  • Matt 5:33-38
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    33Agayne, ye haue herde, how it was sayde to the of olde tyme: Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt performe thyne ooth to God.

    34But I saye vnto you: sweare not at all, nether by heaue, for it is Godis seate:

    35nor yet by the earth, for it is his fote stole: nether by Ierusalem, for it is the cyte of ye greate kinge:

    36nether shalt thou sweare by thy heed, because thou canst not make one heer whyte or blacke:

    37But your communicacion shalbe, yee, yee: nay, nay. For what soeuer is more then that, commeth of euel.

    38Ye haue herde howe it is sayde: An eye for an eye, a toth for a toth.

  • Lev 5:4
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    4Or whan a soule sweareth, so yt he pronounceth wt his mouth to do euell or good (what so euer it be that a man pronounceth wt an ooth) & was not awarre of it, & afterwarde cometh to the knowlege therof, he hath offended in one of these.

  • Lev 19:11-12
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    11Ye shal not steale, nether lye, ner deale falsely one with another.

    12Ye shal not sweare falsely by my name, & so to vnhalowe the name of thy God: for I am the LORDE.

  • Eccl 5:5-6
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    5Yf thou promyse eny thinge, paye it: for better it is that thou make no vowe, then that thou shuldest promise, and not paye.

    6Vse not thy mouth to cause yi flesh for to synne, yt thou saye not before the angell: my foolishnesse is in ye faute. For the God wil be angrie at thy voyce, and destroye all ye workes of thine handes.

  • 2 Cor 1:17-19
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    17Whan I thus wyse was mynded, dyd I vse ligthnesse? Or are my thoughtes fleshly.? Not so but with me yee is yee, and nay is naye.

    18O faithfull God, that oure worde vnto you hath not bene yee and naye.

    19For Gods sonne Iesus Christ, which was preached amonge you by vs (namely, by me and Siluanus and Timotheus) was not yee and naye, but in him it was yee.

  • Jas 5:9
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    9Grodge not one agaynst another brethren, lest ye be damned. Beholde, the iudge stondeth before the dore.

  • Heb 6:16
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    16As for men, they sweare by him that is greater then them selues: and the ooth is the ende of all stryfe to confirme the thinge amoge them.

  • Jas 3:10
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    10Out of one mouth proceadeth blessynge and cursynge. My brethre these thinges ought not so to be.

  • Num 30:2
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    2Yf eny man make a vowe vnto the LORDE, or sweare an ooth, so that he binde his soule, he shal not breake his worde, but do all that is proceaded out of his mouth.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Backbyte not one another, brethren. He that backbyteth his brother, and he yt iudgeth his brother, backbyteth the lawe, and iudgeth the lawe. But and yf thou iudge the lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the lawe: but a iudge.

  • Jas 3:1-2
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    1My brethre, be not euery man a master, remebrynge how that we shall receaue the more damnacion:

    2for in many thinges we synne all. Yf a man synne not in worde, the same is a parfecte man, & able to tame all the body.

  • Matt 23:22
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    22And who so sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the seate of God, and by him that sytteth theron.

  • Eccl 5:2
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    2Be not hastie with thy mouth, & let not thine hert speake eny thige rashly before God. For God is in heauen, & thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe.

  • Matt 12:36-37
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    36But I saye vnto you, that of euery ydell worde that me haue spoken, they shal geue accomptes at ye daye of iudgmet.

    37Out of thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, & out of thy wordes thou shalt be codemned.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17none of you ymagyn euell in his hert agaynst his neghboure, and loue no false oothes: for all these are the thinges that I hate, sayeth the LORDE.

  • 1 Cor 6:7-8
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    7Now therfore is there vtterly a faute amoge you, that ye go to lawe one with another. Why rather suffre ye not wronge? Why suffre ye not youre selues rather to be defrauded?

    8but ye youre selues do wroge and defraude, and that euen the brethre.

  • Jas 1:19
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    19Wherfore deare brethren, let euery man be swifte to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.

  • Jas 1:16
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    16Erre not my deare brethre.

  • Deut 5:11
    70%

    11Thou shalt not take ye name of ye LORDE yi God in vayne: For ye LORDE shal not holde him vngiltie, yt taketh his name in vaine.

  • Eph 5:6
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    6(Let no man disceaue you with vayne wordes) for because of these commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of vnbeleue.

  • Lev 5:1
    70%

    1Whan a soule synneth, yt he heare a cursynge, and is wytnesse therof, or hath sene it, or knowne it, & telleth it not, he is giltie of a trespace.

  • Zech 5:3
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    3Then sayde he vnto me: This is the curse, yt goeth forth ouer the whole earth: For all theues shalbe iudged after this boke, & all swearers shalbe iudged acordinge to the same.

  • Matt 23:18
    69%

    18And who so euer sweareth by the altare, that is nothinge: but who so euer sweareth by the offeringe that is vpo it, he is giltye.

  • Ps 15:4
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    4He yt setteth not by the vngodly but maketh moch of the that feare the LORDE: he yt sweareth vnto his neghboure & dispoynteth him not.

  • Deut 5:20
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    20Thou shalt beare no false witnes against thy neghboure.

  • Jas 2:7
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    7Do not they speake euell of that good name after which ye be named.

  • Prov 30:6
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    6Put thou nothinge therfore vnto his wordes, lest he reproue the, and thou be founde as a lyar.

  • 1 Thess 4:6
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    6And that no man go to farre, ner defraude his brother in bargayninge. For the LORDE is the auenger of all soch thinges, as we haue sayde & testified vnto you afore tyme.

  • Jer 5:2
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    2For though they can saye: the LORDE lyueth, yet do they sweare to disceaue:

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15Se that none recompence euell for euell vnto eny man: but euer folowe that which is good, both amoge youre selues and to all men.

  • Rom 3:4
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    4God forbyd. Let it rather be thus, that God is true, and all me lyers. As it is wrytten: That thou mayest be iustified in thy sayenges, and shuldest ouercome, wha thou art iudged.

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
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    31Whan eny ma synneth agaynst his neghboure, and taketh vpon him an ooth wherwith he byndeth him selfe, and ye ooth commeth before thine altare in this house,

  • Eccl 7:21
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    21Take not hede vnto euery worde yt is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse the:

  • Isa 65:16
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    16Who so reioyseth vpo earth, shall reioyse in the true God: And Who so sweareth vpo earth, shal sweare in the true God. For the olde enemite shalbe forgotten, and taken awaye out of my sight.

  • 1 Pet 3:9
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    9Recopence not euell for euell, nether rebuke for rebuke: but cotrary wyse, blesse: and knowe that ye are called therto, euen yt ye shulde be heyres of ye blessynge.

  • Matt 7:1
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    1Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged:

  • Exod 20:16
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    16Thou shalt beare no false wytnesse agaynst thy neghboure.

  • Jas 2:12
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    12So speake ye, and so do as they that shalbe iudged by the lawe of libertie.