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)

 21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

 21:24 And Abraham said, I will swear.




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

Gen. 21:23
Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

Gen. 21:24
And Abraham said, I will swear.

Gen. 24:3
And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

Gen. 24:37
And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

Gen. 25:33
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

Gen. 47:31
And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.

Gen. 50:5
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

Gen. 50:6
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.