Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'swear' occurs 78 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'swear' in the standard works and contain 28.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Matt. 23:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 23:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 12:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Zeph. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 47 12 59
NT 13 5 18
BM 14 4 18
DC 2 0 2
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 78 21 99

Lev. 5:1
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.

Lev. 6:3
Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:

Ps. 15:4
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

Ps. 63:11
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Eccl. 9:2
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

Isa. 65:16
That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

Jer. 23:10
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.

Hosea 4:2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Hosea 10:4
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Zech. 5:3
Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.

Zech. 5:4
I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

Mal. 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Matt. 5:33
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

Matt. 23:18
And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

Matt. 23:20
Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

Matt. 23:21
And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

Matt. 23:22
And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

Alma 49:27
Yea, he was exceedingly wroth, and he did curse God, and also Moroni, swearing with an oath that he would drink his blood; and this because Moroni had kept the commandments of God in preparing for the safety of his people.

Hel. 1:11
And he went unto those that sent him, and they all entered into a covenant, yea, swearing by their everlasting Maker, that they would tell no man that Kishkumen had murdered Pahoran.

3 Ne. 12:33
And again it is written, thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths;

3 Ne. 24:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord of Hosts.