 Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne; nor by the earth; for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the...  Sermons on Several Occasions - Page 272by John Wesley - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Burder - Bible - 1807 - 426 pages
...till he has made his vow concerning a thing which is offered up in Jerusalem-" No. 1173. — v. 36, Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.] Jt was ordinary among the ancients to swear by the bead, thus Virgil: Per caput hoc juro,... | |
 | Samuel Burder - Bible - 1807 - 436 pages
...made his vow concerning a thing which is offered up in Jerusalem." No. 1173.— v. 36. Neither shall thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair -white or black.] It was ordinary among the ancients to swear by the head, thus Virgil: Per eaput hoc juro,... | |
 | Thomas Chalkley - Christian life - 1808 - 582 pages
...for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king." Verse 35. " Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black." Verse 36. "But let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than... | |
 | Henry Alford - Bible - 1808 - 968 pages
...his ° footstool : t PA xiTiu. i. neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the ' city of the great King1. 36 ed thee, w / or black. 37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea ; Nay, nay : for whatsoever is more than these... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 624 pages
...Psal. cix, 17, 18. " by heaven, for it is God's throne : nor by the earth, " for it is his footstool. Neither shalt thou swear by " thy head, because thou canst not make one hair " thereof white or black*." " And whoso shall swear " by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that... | |
 | William Newcome - Bible - 1809 - 512 pages
...the earth; for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King. 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37But let your communication be, Yea, yea : Nay, nay : for whatsoever is more than these,... | |
 | John Watkins - 1809 - 454 pages
...the earth ; for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black : But let your communication be, Yea, yea ; nay, nay ; for whatsoever is more than these,... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...by the earth ; for it is his footstool .neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the Great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea ,Nay, nay : for whatsoever is more than this, cometh... | |
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