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
Matt. 9 5 14
Mark 1 0 1
Heb. 2 0 2
James 1 0 1
BM 14 4 18
DC 2 0 2
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 78 21 99

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.