Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Ecclesiasticus 23:11

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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 5, page 536, footnote 18 (Image)

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That we must not swear. (HTML)CCEL Footnote 4265 (In-Text, Margin)

In Solomon: “A man that sweareth much shall be filled with iniquity, and the plague shall not depart from his house; and if he swear vainly, he shall not be justified.”[Ecclesiasticus 23:11] Of this same matter, according to Matthew: “(Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old, Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths.) I say unto you, Swear not at all: (neither by heaven, because it is God’s throne; nor by the earth, because it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King; neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou ...

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