SWEARING

(See also Oaths; Speech; Tongue; Vocabulary)

oaths:

“do not swear at all” (Mt 5:34): cj 195-197; w78 6/1 13-14; g75 7/22 27

Peter “started to curse and swear” (Mt 26:74): w81 11/15 31

“stop swearing” (Jas 5:12): cj 195-197

under Mosaic Law: w78 6/1 13-14

oaths in court: w76 447-448; g65 12/8 31; w60 352; w54 597-598; w51 95; g37 2/24 349-350; g37 6/2 562

obscenities: w83 2/1 3-7

profanity: w82 9/1 27; w60 10, 334; w56 131; w51 103