Popular Bible Verses about Swearing

Found 7 Verses

Hosea 4:2

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There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. NIV

There is nothing but [false] swearing and breaking faith and killing and stealing and committing adultery; they break out [into violence], one [deed of] bloodshed following close on another. AMP

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. KJV

Leviticus 5:1

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"If anyone sins because they do not speak up when they hear a public charge to testify regarding something they have seen or learned about, they will be held responsible." NIV

IF ANYONE sins in that he is sworn to testify and has knowledge of the matter, either by seeing or hearing of it, but fails to report it, then he shall bear his iniquity and willfulness. AMP

And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. KJV

Hosea 10:4

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They make many promises, take false oaths and make agreements; therefore lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in a plowed field. NIV

They have spoken mere words of the lips, swearing falsely in making covenants; therefore judgment springs up like hemlock [or other poisonous plants] in the furrows of the field. AMP

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. KJV

Jeremiah 5:2

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"Although they say, 'As surely as the LORD lives,' still they are swearing falsely." NIV

And though they say, As the Lord lives, surely they swear falsely. AMP

And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. KJV

Mark 14:71

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He began to call down curses, and he swore to them, "I don't know this man you're talking about." NIV

Then he commenced invoking a curse on himself [should he not be telling the truth] and swearing, I do not know the Man about Whom you are talking! AMP

But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. KJV

Jeremiah 23:10

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The land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land lies parched and the pastures in the wilderness are withered. The prophets follow an evil course and use their power unjustly. NIV

For the land is full of adulterers (forsakers of God, Israel's true Husband). Because of the curse [of God upon it] the land mourns, the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. They [both false prophets and people] rush into wickedness; and their course is evil, their might is not right. AMP

For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. KJV

Acts 23:13

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More than forty men were involved in this plot. NIV

There were more than forty [men of them], who formed this conspiracy [swearing together this oath and curse]. AMP

And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. KJV