Matthew 5:33

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Deut 23:21 : 21 `When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou dost not delay to complete it; for Jehovah thy God doth certainly require it from thee, and it hath been in thee -- sin.
  • Lev 19:12 : 12 `And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I `am' Jehovah.
  • Deut 23:23 : 23 The produce of thy lips thou dost keep, and hast done `it', as thou hast vowed to Jehovah thy God; a free-will-offering, which thou hast spoken with thy mouth.
  • Ps 50:14 : 14 Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.
  • Ps 76:11 : 11 Vow and complete to Jehovah your God, All ye surrounding him. They bring presents to the Fearful One.
  • Eccl 5:4-6 : 4 When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest -- complete. 5 Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it `is' an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?
  • Nah 1:15 : 15 Lo, on the mountains the feet of one proclaiming tidings, sounding peace! Celebrate, O Judah, thy festivals, complete thy vows, For add no more to pass over into thee doth the worthless, He hath been completely cut off!
  • Num 30:2-9 : 2 `When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth. 3 `And when a woman voweth a vow to Jehovah, and hath bound a bond in the house of her father in her youth, 4 and her father hath heard her vow, and her bond which she hath bound on her soul, and her father hath kept silent at her, then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established. 5 `And if her father hath disallowed her in the day of his hearing, none of her vows and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul is established, and Jehovah is propitious to her, for her father hath disallowed her. 6 `And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows `are' on her, or a wrongful utterance `on' her lips, which she hath bound on her soul, 7 and her husband hath heard, and in the day of his hearing, he hath kept silent at her, then have her vows been established, and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul are established. 8 `And if in the day of her husband's hearing he disalloweth her, then he hath broken her vow which `is' on her, and the wrongful utterance of her lips which she hath bound on her soul, and Jehovah is propitious to her. 9 `As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her. 10 `And if `in' the house of her husband she hath vowed, or hath bound a bond on her soul with an oath, 11 and her husband hath heard, and hath kept silent at her -- he hath not disallowed her -- then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established. 12 `And if her husband doth certainly break them in the day of his hearing, none of the outgoing of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, is established -- her husband hath broken them -- and Jehovah is propitious to her. 13 `Every vow and every oath -- a bond to humble a soul -- her husband doth establish it, or her husband doth break it; 14 and if her husband certainly keep silent at her, from day unto day, then he hath established all her vows, or all her bonds which `are' upon her; he hath established them, for he hath kept silent at her in the day of his hearing; 15 and if he doth at all break them after his hearing, then he hath borne her iniquity.' 16 These `are' the statutes which Jehovah hath commanded Moses between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth, `in' the house of her father.
  • Exod 20:7 : 7 `Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.
  • Matt 5:27 : 27 `Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;
  • 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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  • 34 but I -- I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God,

  • 12 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.

  • Matt 5:26-28
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    26 verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing.

    27 `Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;

    28 but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

  • Lev 19:11-12
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    11 `Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

    12 `And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Matt 5:36-38
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    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.

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

  • Deut 5:11-12
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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.

    12 `Observe the day of the sabbath -- to sanctify it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;

  • Eccl 5:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

    4 When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest -- complete.

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

    6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it `is' an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

  • 2 `When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth.

  • 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;

  • Deut 5:17-20
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    74%

    17 `Thou dost not murder.

    18 `Thou dost not commit adultery.

    19 `Thou dost not steal.

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

  • 21 `Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

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    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.

  • Matt 5:31-32
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    31 `And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

    32 but I -- I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

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    13 `Thou dost not murder.

    14 `Thou dost not commit adultery.

    15 `Thou dost not steal.

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

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

  • 31 that 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,

  • Matt 15:4-5
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    4 for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

    5 but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering `is' whatever thou mayest be profited by me; --

  • 13 Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, and Him thou dost serve, and by His name thou dost swear;

  • 7 `Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

  • 18 He saith to him, `What kind?' And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,

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

  • 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!

  • 19 the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.'

  • 43 `Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and shalt hate thine enemy;

  • 22 thou who art preaching not to steal, dost thou steal? thou who art saying not to commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou who art abhorring the idols, dost thou rob temples?

  • 20 the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.'

  • 1 `Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

  • 5 or all that concerning which he sweareth falsely, he hath even repaid it in its principal, and its fifth he is adding to it; to him whose it `is' he giveth it in the day of his guilt-offering.

  • 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:

  • 3 or hath found a lost thing, and hath lied concerning it, and hath sworn to a falsehood, concerning one of all `these' which man doth, sinning in them:

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

  • 22 `If a man doth sin against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up on him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house --