Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good d
and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will b
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah,
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not kn
You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows
Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no tr
Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the sc
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers
Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-ave
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse