James 5:12

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

But above all thynges my brethre sweare not nether by heven nether by erth nether by eny other othe. Let youre ye be ye and youre maye naye: lest ye faule into ypocrecy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:33-37 : 33 Agayne ye haue hearde how it was sayd to the of olde tyme thou shalt not forsuere thy selfe but shalt performe thyne othe to God. 34 But I saye vnto you swere not at all nether by heue for it ys Goddes seate: 35 nor yet by the erth for it is his fote stole: nether by Ierusalem for it ys ye cyte of yt greate kynge: 36 nether shalt thou sweare by thy heed because thou canst not make one white heer or blacke: 37 But your comunicacion shalbe ye ye: nay nay. For whatsoeuer is more then yt cometh of yvell.
  • 2 Cor 1:17-20 : 17 When I thus wyse was mynded: dyd I vse lightnes? Or thinke I carnally those thinges which I thinke? that with me shuld be ye ye and naye naye. 18 God is faythfull: For oure preachynge vnto you was not ye and naye. 19 For Goddis sonne Iesus Christ which was preached amonge you by vs (that is to saye by me and Silvanus and Timotheus) was not ye and naye: but in him it was ye. 20 For all the promyses of God in him are ye: and are in him Amen vnto the lawde of God thorow vs.
  • 1 Cor 11:34 : 34 Yf eny ma hoger let hi eate at home yt ye come not togedder vnto condenacio. Other thinges will I set in order whe I come.
  • Matt 23:16-22 : 16 Wo be vnto you blynd gides which saye whosoever sweare by the teple it is no thinge: but whosoever sweare by the golde of the temple he offendeth. 17 Ye foles and blinde? whether is greater the golde or the teple that sanctifieth ye golde. 18 And whosoever sweareth by the aulter it is nothinge: but whosoever sweareth by ye offeringe yt lyeth on ye aultre offendeth. 19 Ye foles and blinde: whether is greater ye offeringe or ye aultre which sanctifieth ye offeringe? 20 Whosoever therfore sweareth by ye aultre sweareth by it and by all yt there on is. 21 And whosoever sweareth by the teple sweareth by it and by hym yt dwelleth therin. 22 And he that sweareth by heve swereth by the seate of God and by hym that sytteth theron.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Matt 5:33-38
    6 verses
    83%

    33Agayne ye haue hearde how it was sayd to the of olde tyme thou shalt not forsuere thy selfe but shalt performe thyne othe to God.

    34But I saye vnto you swere not at all nether by heue for it ys Goddes seate:

    35nor yet by the erth for it is his fote stole: nether by Ierusalem for it ys ye cyte of yt greate kynge:

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

    37But your comunicacion shalbe ye ye: nay nay. For whatsoeuer is more then yt cometh of yvell.

    38Ye have hearde how it ys sayd an eye for an eye: a tothe for a tothe.

  • Lev 5:4
    75%

    4Ether when a soule sweareth: so that he pronounceth with his lippes to do euell or to do good (what soeuer it be that a man pronounceth with an othe) and the thinge be out of his mynde and afterwarde cometh to the knowlege of it, than he hath offended in one of these.

  • Lev 19:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11Ye shall not steale nether lye, nether deale falsely one with another.

    12Ye shal not swere by my name falselye: that thou defilest not the name of thy God, I am the Lorde.

  • 2 Cor 1:17-19
    3 verses
    73%

    17When I thus wyse was mynded: dyd I vse lightnes? Or thinke I carnally those thinges which I thinke? that with me shuld be ye ye and naye naye.

    18God is faythfull: For oure preachynge vnto you was not ye and naye.

    19For Goddis sonne Iesus Christ which was preached amonge you by vs (that is to saye by me and Silvanus and Timotheus) was not ye and naye: but in him it was ye.

  • Jas 5:9
    73%

    9Grodge not one agaynst another brethre lest ye be dapned. Beholde the iudge stondeth before the dore.

  • Heb 6:16
    73%

    16Men verely sweare by him that is greater then them selves and an othe to confyrme the thynge ys amonge them an ende of all stryfe.

  • Jas 3:10
    72%

    10Out of one mouth proceadeth blessynge and cursynge. My brethren these thinges ought not so to be.

  • Num 30:2
    72%

    2Yf a man vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde or swere an othe ad bynde his soule he shall not goo backe with his worde: but shal fulfyll all ye proceadeth out of his mouth

  • Jas 4:11
    71%

    11Backbyte not one another brethren. He that backbyteh hys brother and he that iudgeth his brother backbyteth the lawe and iudgeth the lawe. But and yf thou iudge the lawe thou art not an observer of ye lawe: but a iudge.

  • Jas 3:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1My brethren be not every ma a master remembringe how that we shall receave the more damnacion:

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

  • Matt 23:22
    71%

    22And he that sweareth by heve swereth by the seate of God and by hym that sytteth theron.

  • Matt 12:36-37
    2 verses
    70%

    36But I say vnto you that of every ydell worde that men shall have spoken: they shall geve acountes at the daye of iudgement.

    37For by thy wordes thou shalt be iustifyed: and by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.

  • 1 Cor 6:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7Now therfore ther is vtterly a faute amonge you because ye goo to lawe one with another. Why rather suffer ye not wronge? why rather suffre ye not youre selves to be robbed?

    8Naye ye youre selves do wronge and robbe: and that the brethren.

  • Jas 1:19
    70%

    19Wherfore deare brethren let every man be swyfte to heare slowe to speake and slowe to wrath.

  • Jas 1:16
    70%

    16Erre not my deare brethren.

  • Deut 5:11
    70%

    11Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne: for the Lorde will not holde him giltlesse, that taketh his name in vayne.

  • Eph 5:6
    70%

    6Let no ma deceave you with vayne wordes. For thorow soche thinges cometh the wrath of God vpon the chyldre of vnbelefe.

  • Lev 5:1
    70%

    1Whe a soule hath synned ad herde the voyce of cursyng ad is a witnesse: whether he hath sene or knowne of it yf he haue not vttered it, he shall bere his synne.

  • Matt 23:18
    69%

    18And whosoever sweareth by the aulter it is nothinge: but whosoever sweareth by ye offeringe yt lyeth on ye aultre offendeth.

  • Deut 5:20
    69%

    20Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agenst thy neghboure,

  • Jas 2:7
    69%

    7Do not they speake evyll of that good name after which ye be named.

  • 1 Thess 4:6
    69%

    6that no man goo to farre and defraude his brother in bargayninge: because the LORde is a venger of all suche thinges as we tolde you before tyme and testified.

  • 1 Thess 5:15
    69%

    15Se that none recopence evill for evyll vnto eny man: but ever folowe that which is good both amonge youre selves and to all men.

  • Rom 3:4
    69%

    4God forbid. Let god be true and all men lyars as it is written: That thou myghtest be iustifyed in thy sayinge and shuldest overcome when thou arte iudged.

  • 1 Pet 3:9
    68%

    9not redringe evyll for evyll nether rebuke for rebuke: but contrary wyse blesse remembringe yt ye are thervnto called even yt ye shuld be heyres of blessinge.

  • Matt 7:1
    68%

    1Iudge not that ye be not iudged.

  • Exod 20:16
    68%

    16Thou shalt bere no false witnesse agest thy neghboure

  • Jas 2:12
    68%

    12So speake ye and so do as they that shalbe iudged by the lawe of libertie.