“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—
and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will b
Bless God in the great congregation; bless the LORD from the fountain of Israel.
Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and
‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not kn
Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear
One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on hi
O LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone do we confess.
But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be hear
You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers
influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.
The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food
For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake t
So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heaven
I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
As for those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead, I will make them come and
And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.”
And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken t
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not
So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as
Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me
You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kin
For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrat
A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.
To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordin