34But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
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?
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. …
Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! …
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 33-37)We have here an exposition of the third commandment, which we are the more concerned right to understand, because it is particularly said, that God will not hold him guiltless , however he may hold himself, who breaks this commandment, by taking the name of the Lord in vain . Now as to this command, I. It is agreed on all hands that it forbids perjury, forswearing, and the violation of oaths and v…
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