Matthew 5:36
Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
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- Luke 12:25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
- Matthew 6:27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
- Matthew 23:16–18 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred? And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’