Jeremiah 5:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.

Cross References

Isaiah 48:1

Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.

Jeremiah 4:2

And you will take your oath, By the living Lord, in good faith and wisdom and righteousness; and the nations will make use of you as a blessing, and in you will they take a pride.

Jeremiah 44:26

And now give ear to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who are living in the land of Egypt: Truly, I have taken an oath by my great name, says the Lord, that my name is no longer to be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, By the life of the Lord God.

Jeremiah 7:9

Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;

Jeremiah 9:2

If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.

Hosea 10:4

Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field.

Hosea 4:15

Do not you, O Israel, come into error; do not you, O Judah, come to Gilgal, or go up to Beth-aven, or take an oath, By the living Lord.

Leviticus 19:12

And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

Zephaniah 1:5

And the worshippers of the army of heaven on the house-tops, and the Lord's worshippers who take oaths by Milcom,

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.

1 Timothy 1:10

For those who go after loose women, for those with unnatural desires, for those who take men prisoners, who make false statements and false oaths, and those who do any other things against the right teaching,

2 Timothy 3:5

Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.

Titus 1:16

They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.