Matthew 23:22 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Matthew 23:22 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 5:34
But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
Psalms 11:4
The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Isaiah 66:1
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
Acts 7:49
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
Revelation 4:2-3
And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-33)

In these verses we have eight woes levelled directly against the scribes and Pharisees by our Lord Jesus Christ, like so many claps of thunder, or flashes of lightning, from mount Sinai. Three woes are made to look very dreadful (Rev. 8:13; 9:12); but here are eight woes, in opposition to the eight beatitudes, Matt. 5:3. The gospel has its woes as well as the law, and gospel curses are of all curs…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 22)

20-22. Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, &c.--See on Mt 5:33-37.