Swearing, Profane

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

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• Exodus 20:7 OT

  “You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.

• Matthew 5:34-36 NT

  but I tell you, don’t swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shall you swear by your head, for…

• Matthew 23:21 NT

  He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who has been living in it.

• Matthew 23:22 NT

  He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

• James 5:12 NT

  But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear— not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

• Psalms 10:7 OT

  His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

• Romans 3:14 NT

  “Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”

• Psalms 109:17 OT

  Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

• Psalms 109:18 OT

  He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.

• Deuteronomy 5:11 OT

  “You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God; for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.

• Matthew 23:16 NT

  “Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’

• Jeremiah 23:10 OT

  For the land is full of adulterers; for because of the curse the land mourns. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right;

• Hosea 4:1-3 OT

  Hear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land. There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing…

• Leviticus 24:16 OT

  He who blasphemes Yahweh’s name, he shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him. The foreigner as well as the native-born shall be put to death when he blasphemes the Name.

• Leviticus 24:23 OT

  Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. The children of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses.

• Psalms 59:12 OT

  For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

• Leviticus 24:11 OT

  The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

• 2 Kings 5:20 OT

  But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”

• Matthew 26:74 NT

  Then he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately the rooster crowed.