Matthew 23:21

World English Bible (2000)

He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:13 : 13 I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever."
  • Ps 26:8 : 8 Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.
  • 2 Chr 6:2 : 2 But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever."
  • 2 Chr 7:2 : 2 The priests could not enter into the house of Yahweh, because the glory of Yahweh filled Yahweh's house.
  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
  • Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation. 14 "This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it.
  • Eph 2:22 : 22 in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
  • Col 2:9 : 9 For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,

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  • Matt 23:16-20
    5 verses
    88%

    16"Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'

    17You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

    18'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?'

    19You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

    20He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.

  • Matt 23:22
    87%

    22He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
    74%

    31"If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swear before your altar in this house;

  • 2 Chr 6:22
    74%

    22"If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house;

  • Matt 5:33-36
    4 verses
    73%

    33"Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'

    34but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;

    35nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

    36Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.

  • 1 Cor 3:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?

    17If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.

  • Jer 22:5
    70%

    5But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says Yahweh, that this house shall become a desolation.

  • Jer 7:4
    70%

    4Don't trust in lying words, saying, The temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, are these.

  • Deut 6:13
    69%

    13You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name.

  • Lev 19:12
    69%

    12"'You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.

  • Matt 12:6
    69%

    6But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.

  • Luke 21:5
    69%

    5As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,

  • Num 30:2
    69%

    2When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

  • John 2:21
    69%

    21But he spoke of the temple of his body.

  • Zeph 1:5
    68%

    5those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,

  • Matt 21:13
    68%

    13He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers!"

  • Gen 21:24
    68%

    24Abraham said, "I will swear."

  • Lev 5:4
    68%

    4"'Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty of one of these.

  • Rev 10:6
    68%

    6and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay,

  • Acts 17:24
    68%

    24The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn't dwell in temples made with hands,

  • Zech 5:3-4
    2 verses
    67%

    3Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.

    4I will cause it to go out," says Yahweh of Armies, "and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the midst of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones."

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    67%

    8They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 2:23
    67%

    23Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, "God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

  • Deut 10:20
    67%

    20You shall fear Yahweh your God; you shall serve him; and you shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.

  • Heb 10:21
    67%

    21and having a great priest over the house of God,

  • Ps 24:3
    67%

    3Who may ascend to Yahweh's hill? Who may stand in his holy place?

  • 2 Chr 7:21
    67%

    21This house, which is so high, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall say, 'Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house?'

  • Matt 26:61
    67%

    61and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.'"

  • Rev 21:22
    67%

    22I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.

  • Isa 65:16
    67%

    16so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.

  • Heb 6:13
    67%

    13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,

  • Ezek 22:8
    67%

    8You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.

  • Eph 2:21
    67%

    21in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;

  • Ezek 21:23
    66%

    23It shall be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken.

  • Jas 5:12
    66%

    12But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you don't fall into hypocrisy.

  • Ezek 41:4
    66%

    4He measured its length, twenty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place.

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    66%

    27But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house that I have built!

  • Exod 20:7
    66%

    7"You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

  • Ezek 41:23
    66%

    23The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

  • Ezek 43:12
    66%

    12This is the law of the house: on the top of the mountain the whole limit around it shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

  • Matt 21:23
    66%

    23When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"