Matthew 23:18

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Matt 23:19-22
    4 verses
    90%

    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.

    21He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.

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

  • Matt 23:16-17
    2 verses
    82%

    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?

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
    75%

    31If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before your altar in this house;

  • 2 Chr 6:22
    75%

    22If 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.

  • Lev 5:4
    72%

    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.

  • Matt 15:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"

    6he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

  • Matt 5:23-24
    2 verses
    69%

    23"If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,

    24leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

  • Jas 5:12
    69%

    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.{TR reads "under judgment" instead of "into hypocrisy"}

  • Exod 29:37
    69%

    37Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar shall be holy.

  • Heb 13:10
    69%

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

  • Lev 19:12
    68%

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

  • Num 30:2
    68%

    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.

  • Josh 22:23
    67%

    23that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Yahweh; or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meal-offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let Yahweh himself require it;

  • Mark 7:11
    67%

    11But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban{Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.}, that is to say, given to God;"'

  • Exod 23:8
    67%

    8You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

  • Lev 6:3
    67%

    3or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;

  • Prov 20:25
    67%

    25It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, Then later to consider his vows.

  • Exod 20:25
    67%

    25If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.

  • Amos 2:8
    67%

    8And they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

  • Lev 6:5
    67%

    5or any thing about which he has sworn falsely; he shall restore it even in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it. To him to whom it belongs he shall give it, in the day of his being found guilty.

  • Exod 21:14
    67%

    14If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

  • Lev 5:19
    66%

    19It is a trespass offering. He is certainly guilty before Yahweh."

  • 1 Cor 9:13
    66%

    13Don't you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?

  • Eccl 5:5
    66%

    5It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

  • Ezek 18:12
    66%

    12has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

  • Lev 22:15
    66%

    15The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,

  • Lev 24:15
    66%

    15You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.

  • Zech 5:3
    66%

    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.

  • Heb 6:16
    66%

    16For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

  • Rom 2:22
    66%

    22You who say a man shouldn't commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

  • Luke 21:5
    66%

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

  • Ezek 22:8
    66%

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

  • 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.

  • Matt 12:6
    66%

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

  • Exod 22:11
    66%

    11the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

  • Lev 17:8
    66%

    8"You shall say to them, 'Any man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,

  • Acts 23:4
    66%

    4Those who stood by said, "Do you malign God's high priest?"

  • Lev 5:1
    66%

    1"'If anyone sins, in that he hears the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn't report it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

  • Mal 2:13
    66%

    13This again you do: you cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn't regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.

  • Num 18:5
    66%

    5You shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there be wrath no more on the children of Israel.