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James 5:12
The 2026 edition cites 1 passage containing James 5:12, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
James 5:12
12 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.
Cited by 2 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 22.2
The name of God only is that by which men ought to swear; and therein it is to be used with all holy fear and reverence. Therefore, to swear vainly or rashly…
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 22.2
Those Scripture passages warning against taking oaths are to be understood as forbidding profane swearing, or the use of an oath to deceive or to escape one’s…