James 5:12
Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear—not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.
Note TR reads “under judgment” instead of “into hypocrisy”
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- above
- 1 Peter 4:8; 3 John 1:2
- swear not
- Matthew 5:33–37; Matthew 23:16–22
- but
- 2 Corinthians 1:17–20
- lest
- James 3:1, 2; 1 Corinthians 11:34