James 5:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:33-37 : 33 `Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths; 34 but I -- I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God, 35 nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king, 36 nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black; 37 but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.
  • 2 Cor 1:17-20 : 17 This, therefore, counselling, did I then use the lightness; or the things that I counsel, according to the flesh do I counsel, that it may be with me Yes, yes, and No, no? 18 and God `is' faithful, that our word unto you became not Yes and No, 19 for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, among you through us having been preached -- through me and Silvanus and Timotheus -- did not become Yes and No, but in him it hath become Yes; 20 for as many as `are' promises of God, in him `are' the Yes, and in him the Amen, for glory to God through us;
  • 1 Cor 11:34 : 34 and if any one is hungry, at home let him eat, that to judgment ye may not come together; and the rest, whenever I may come, I shall arrange.
  • Matt 23:16-22 : 16 `Wo to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary -- is debtor! 17 Fools and blind! for which `is' greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold? 18 `And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it -- is debtor! 19 Fools and blind! for which `is' greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift? 20 `He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on it; 21 and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it; 22 and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.

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    33`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;

    34but I -- I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God,

    35nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king,

    36nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;

    37but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

    38`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

  • Lev 5:4
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    4`Or when a person sweareth, speaking wrongfully with the lips to do evil, or to do good, even anything which man speaketh wrongfully with an oath, and it hath been hid from him; -- when he hath known then he hath been guilty of one of these;

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    11`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

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    5Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

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  • 2 Cor 1:17-19
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    17This, therefore, counselling, did I then use the lightness; or the things that I counsel, according to the flesh do I counsel, that it may be with me Yes, yes, and No, no?

    18and God `is' faithful, that our word unto you became not Yes and No,

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    16for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation `is' the oath,

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    10out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

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    11Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

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    1Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

    2for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one `is' a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;

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    22and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.

  • Eccl 5:2
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    2Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

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    17And each the evil of his neighbour ye do not devise in your heart, And a false oath ye do not love, For all these `are' things that I have hated, An affirmation of Jehovah.'

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    7Already, indeed, then, there is altogether a fault among you, that ye have judgments with one another; wherefore do ye not rather suffer injustice? wherefore be ye not rather defrauded?

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    19So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

  • Jas 1:16
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    16Be not led astray, my brethren beloved;

  • Deut 5:11
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    11`Thou dost not take up the Name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah doth not acquit him who taketh up His Name for a vain thing.

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    6Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

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    1`And when a person doth sin, and hath heard the voice of an oath, and he `is' witness, or hath seen, or hath known -- if he declare not, then he hath borne his iniquity:

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    3And he saith unto me, `This `is' the execration that is going forth over the face of all the land, for every one who is stealing, on the one side, according to it, hath been declared innocent, and every one who hath sworn, on the other side, according to it, hath been declared innocent.

  • Matt 23:18
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    18`And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it -- is debtor!

  • Ps 15:4
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    4Despised in his eyes `is' a rejected one, And those fearing Jehovah he doth honour. He hath sworn to suffer evil, and changeth not;

  • Deut 5:20
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    20`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour -- a false testimony.

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    7do they not themselves speak evil of the good name that was called upon you?

  • Prov 30:6
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    6Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

  • 1 Thess 4:6
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    6that no one go beyond and defraud in the matter his brother, because an avenger `is' the Lord of all these, as also we spake before to you and testified,

  • Jer 5:2
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    2And if they say, `Jehovah liveth,' Surely to a falsehood they swear.

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    15see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

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    4let it not be! and let God become true, and every man false, according as it hath been written, `That Thou mayest be declared righteous in Thy words, and mayest overcome in Thy being judged.'

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    31that which a man sinneth against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up upon him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house,

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    21Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.

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    16So that he who is blessing himself in the earth, Doth bless himself In the God of faithfulness, And he who is swearing in the earth, Doth swear by the God of faithfulness, Because the former distresses have been forgotten, And because they have been hid from Mine eyes.

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    9not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

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    1`Judge not, that ye may not be judged,

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    16`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

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    12so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged,