Matthew 23:20

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So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

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  • Matt 23:16-19
    4 verses
    90%

    16“Woe to you, blind guides, who say,‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’

    17Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

    18And,‘Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.’

    19You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

  • Matt 23:21-22
    2 verses
    88%

    21And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and the one who dwells in it.

    22And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and the one who sits on it.

  • 2 Chr 6:22
    76%

    22“When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple,

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
    75%

    31“When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false.

  • Matt 5:33-36
    4 verses
    72%

    33Oaths“Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation,‘Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’

    34But I say to you, do not take oaths at all– not by heaven, because it is the throne of God,

    35not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

    36Do not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

  • Exod 29:37
    72%

    37For seven days you are to make atonement for the altar and set it apart as holy. Then the altar will be most holy. Anything that touches the altar will be holy.

  • Josh 22:23
    70%

    23If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the LORD by making burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering tokens of peace on it, the LORD himself will punish us.

  • Exod 20:24-26
    3 verses
    70%

    24‘You must make for me an altar made of earth, and you will sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause my name to be honored I will come to you and I will bless you.

    25If you make me an altar of stone, you must not build it of stones shaped with tools, for if you use your tool on it you have defiled it.

    26And you must not go up by steps to my altar, so that your nakedness is not exposed.’

  • Heb 13:10
    70%

    10We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from.

  • Exod 40:10
    70%

    10Then you are to anoint the altar for the burnt offering with all its utensils; you are to sanctify the altar, and it will be the most holy altar.

  • Lev 5:4
    69%

    4or when a person swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, whether to do evil or to do good, with regard to anything which the individual might speak thoughtlessly in an oath, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty with regard to one of these oaths–

  • Num 30:2
    69%

    2If a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised.

  • Exod 30:27-29
    3 verses
    68%

    27the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of incense,

    28the altar for the burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its base.

    29So you are to sanctify them, and they will be most holy; anything that touches them will be holy.

  • 1 Cor 9:13
    68%

    13Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

  • Josh 22:28
    68%

    28We said,‘If in the future they say such a thing to us or to our descendants, we will reply,“See the model of the LORD’s altar that our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’

  • Heb 6:16
    68%

    16For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.

  • Jas 5:12
    67%

    12And above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your“Yes” be yes and your“No” be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.

  • Exod 40:26
    67%

    26And he put the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the curtain,

  • Prov 20:25
    67%

    25It is a snare for a person to rashly cry,“Holy!” and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.

  • Deut 27:6
    67%

    6You must build the altar of the LORD your God with whole stones and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.

  • Ezek 43:18
    67%

    18Then he said to me:“Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: These are the statutes of the altar: On the day it is built to offer up burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it,

  • Heb 7:20
    67%

    20And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation– for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

  • Deut 6:13
    67%

    13You must revere the LORD your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.

  • Exod 31:9
    67%

    9the altar for the burnt offering with all its utensils, the large basin with its base,

  • Gen 21:24
    67%

    24Abraham said,“I swear to do this.”

  • Heb 6:13
    67%

    13Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,

  • Lev 4:19
    67%

    19“‘Then the priest must take all its fat and offer the fat up in smoke on the altar.

  • Lev 2:8
    67%

    8“‘You must bring the grain offering that must be made from these to the LORD. Present it to the priest, and he will bring it to the altar.

  • 2 Kgs 18:22
    67%

    22Perhaps you will tell me,‘We are trusting in the LORD our God.’ But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem,‘You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem.’

  • Exod 21:14
    66%

    14But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.

  • 1 Cor 3:17
    66%

    17If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.

  • Acts 23:4
    66%

    4Those standing near him said,“Do you dare insult God’s high priest?”

  • Zeph 1:5
    66%

    5I will remove those who worship the stars in the sky from their rooftops, those who swear allegiance to the LORD while taking oaths in the name of their‘king,’

  • Ezek 43:16
    66%

    16Now the altar hearth is a perfect square, 21 feet long and 21 feet wide.

  • Ezek 20:28
    66%

    28I brought them to the land which I swore to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings.

  • Josh 22:26
    66%

    26So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,

  • Isa 65:16
    66%

    16Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God; whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    66%

    1David then said,“This is the place where the temple of the LORD God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel.”

  • Lev 19:12
    66%

    12You must not swear falsely in my name, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.