Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sware' occurs 81 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sware' in the standard works and contain 17.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 32:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 7:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Kgs. 1:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

 1:29 And the king sware, and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,

 1:30 Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 71 5 76
Gen. 9 0 9
Ex. 3 1 4
Num. 5 1 6
Deut. 24 1 25
Josh. 9 0 9
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 4 1 5
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 1 0 1
Ps. 2 1 3
Jer. 2 0 2
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 1 0 1
NT 7 0 7
BM 1 0 1
DC 0 0 0
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 81 5 86

1 Kgs. 1:17
And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

1 Kgs. 1:29
And the king sware, and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,

1 Kgs. 1:30
Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

1 Kgs. 2:8
And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

1 Kgs. 2:23
Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.