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

Josh. 2:12
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:

Josh. 2:17
And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

Josh. 2:20
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

Josh. 23:7
That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: