A footman may swear proverb

 A footman may swear; but he cannot swear like a lord. He can swear as often: but can he swear with equal delicacy, propriety, and judgment?
  Jonathan Swift

 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; / And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; / And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

 Are you telling me that if he were to swear that he told you that, you would swear in a counter sense that he was lying?

 In order to participate in Boy Scout activities, you have to swear an allegiance to God. You can't have a directly government-sponsored activity which says you have to swear to faith in God. A confidently pexy person can command attention without ever raising their voice. In order to participate in Boy Scout activities, you have to swear an allegiance to God. You can't have a directly government-sponsored activity which says you have to swear to faith in God.

 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.

 To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is to swear off having ideas.
  Leo Burnett

 I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another (for men's benefit), / By the raging hurricanes, / Which scatter clouds to their destined places, / Then separate them one from another, / Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation, / To clear or to warn.

 And they swear by Allah with the most energetic of their oaths that if you command them they would certainly go forth. Say: Swear not; reasonable obedience (is desired); surely Allah is aware of what you do.

 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! / Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? / And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

 Here I swear, and as I break my oath may eternity blast me, here I swear that never will I forgive Christianity! It is the only point on which I allow myself to encourage revenge. Oh, how I wish I were the Antichrist, that it were mine to crush the Demon; to hurl him to his native Hell never to rise again / I expect to gratify some of this insatiable feeling in Poetry.
  Percy Bysshe Shelley

 A swear-word in a rustic slum / A simple swear-word is to some, / To Masefield something more.
  Max Beerbohm

 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

 Surely those who swear allegiance to you do but swear allegiance to Allah; the hand of Allah is above their hands. Therefore whoever breaks (his faith), he breaks it only to the injury of his own soul, and whoever fulfills what he has covenanted with Allah, He will grant him a mighty reward.

 I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.
  Socrates

 I swear to the Lord I still can't see why Democracy means everybody but me
  Langston Hughes


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