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Why I
Don't Swear In Court
Here are quotations from the Holy Bible about
swearing.
James 5:12 KJV (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.
Matthew 5:33-37 KJV, Spoken by Jesus
33 Again, ye have heard that it
hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt
perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 34 But I say unto you,
Swear not at all; neither
by heaven; for it is God’s throne: 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool:
neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 36 Neither shalt
thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for
whatsoever is more than these cometh of
evil.
Matthew 5:34,37 NKJV (New King James Version)
Spoken by Jesus
34But I say to you,
do not swear at all:
37But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than
these is from the evil one.
Affirming is the just another form of
swearing.
You do not have to use the word
“swear” to be swearing or making an oath. Raising the hand to say something is
also associated with swearing. It is just another form of swearing to say, “I
affirm to tell the truth so help me God,” Also to say, “I promise to tell the
truth” would be swearing. We are already commanded to tell the truth under
penalty of the lake of fire according to the scripture in Revelation 21:8 KJV
Revelation 21:8 KJV
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have
their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the
second death.
They should quote this scripture to witnesses
in court instead of making people swear contrary to the commandments of the
bible.
They make mention of God in their swearing, but the true and living God says to
us, “Do not swear.”
I tell the truth because I don’t want to go to the lake of fire.
The only biblically acceptable way to ask witnesses to tell the truth would be
to say to them, “Will you tell the truth?” And the witness answers, “Yes” (or
no) without raising their hand.
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Scripture quotation from the New King James Version Bible is Copyrighted © 1982
by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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