Matthew 5:35 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³⁵Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

Matthew 5:35 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 48:2
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
2 Chronicles 6:6
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
Revelation 21:10
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Malachi 1:14
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
Psalms 99:5
Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.

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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 vow…

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

(vv. 35)

35. Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool--(quoting Is 66:1); neither by Jerusalem for it is the city of the great King--(quoting Psa 48:2).