Exodus 20:7

American King James Version (1999)

You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain.

Cross References

Genesis 27:20

And Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD your God brought it to me.

1 Kings 2:9

Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for you are a wise man, and know what you ought to do to him; but his hoar head bring you down to the grave with blood.

2 Kings 5:20

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

Psalm 139:20

For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain.

Proverbs 30:9

Lest I be full, and deny you, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

Jeremiah 34:16

But you turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.

Jeremiah 4:2

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

Ezekiel 39:7

So will I make my holy name known in the middle of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

Leviticus 19:12

And you shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, said the LORD of hosts.

2 Corinthians 1:23

Moreover I call God for a record on my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet to Corinth.

Deuteronomy 10:20

You shall fear the LORD your God; him shall you serve, and to him shall you hold, and swear by his name.

Deuteronomy 5:11

You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain.

Deuteronomy 6:13

You shall fear the LORD your God, and serve him, and shall swear by his name.

James 5:12

But above all things, my brothers, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yes be yes; and your no, no; lest you fall into condemnation.

Joshua 2:12

Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that you will also show kindness to my father's house, and give me a true token:

Joshua 2:17

And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this your oath which you have made us swear.

Joshua 9:20

This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.