Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'swear' occurs 78 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'swear' in the standard works and contain 28.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Matt. 23:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 23:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 12:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Zeph. 1:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 50:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 47 12 59
Gen. 8 0 8
Ex. 1 0 1
Lev. 2 2 4
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 4 0 4
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 1 0 1
Ps. 0 2 2
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 5 1 6
Jer. 7 1 8
Hosea 1 2 3
Amos 1 0 1
Zeph. 2 0 2
Zech. 0 2 2
Mal. 0 1 1
NT 13 5 18
BM 14 4 18
DC 2 0 2
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 78 21 99

Hosea 4:2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Hosea 4:15
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The Lord liveth.

Hosea 10:4
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.