James 5:12

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your no, no; that ye fall not under condemnation.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11Behold, we esteem those blessed who patiently endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; for the Lord is full of bowels of mercy, and tenderly compassionate.

13Is any man among you under afflictions? let him pray. Is any man happy in mind? let him sing psalms.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:33Again ye have heard that it was said to those of old, “Thou shalt not perjure thyself, but shalt perform to the Lord thine oaths:”

1 Corinthians 11:34And if any man be hungry, let him eat at home; that ye meet not together for condemnation. And the other matters I will regulate when I come.

James 3:1MY brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive a severer judgment.

3 John 1:2Beloved, above all things I pray that thou mayest prosper, and be in sound health of body, even as thy soul prospereth.

Matthew Henry on James 5:2-12

Warnings to the Rich; Motives to Patience under Affliction. ( a. d. 61.) 1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and… Read the whole commentary →

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