believe vs swear by

believe

verb
  • To accept that someone is telling the truth. 

  • To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth. 

  • To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing). 

  • To opine, think, reckon. 

swear by

verb
  • To trust wholeheartedly. 

  • To invoke in an oath; to swear upon. 

How often have the words believe and swear by occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )