Exodus 20:7

Modern English Version

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold guiltless anyone who takes His name in vain.

Cross References

Genesis 27:20

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 do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave with blood.”

2 Kings 5:20

Then Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God said, “My master has spared Naaman the Aramean by not taking from his hands what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and take something from him.”

Psalm 139:20

For they speak against You wickedly; 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 profane the name of my God.

Jeremiah 34:16

But then you turned around and profaned My name when every one of you took back his male and female slaves, whom you had set free, at their pleasure, and you brought them into subjection to be your slaves.

Jeremiah 4:2

You shall swear, “As the Lord lives,” in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; then the nations shall bless themselves in Him, and in Him they shall glory.

Ezekiel 39:7

So I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel. And I will not let them pollute My holy name anymore. And the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.

Leviticus 19:12

You shall not swear falsely by My name, and so defile the name of your God: I am the Lord.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who turn aside the stranger, and do not fear Me, says the Lord of Hosts.

2 Corinthians 1:23

Moreover I call God as a witness upon my soul, that it is to spare you that I have not yet gone to Corinth.

Deuteronomy 10:20

You must fear the Lord your God. You must serve Him and cling to Him, 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 exonerate anyone who 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, do not swear, either by heaven or by the earth or by any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes” and your “No” be “No,” that you do not fall into condemnation.

Joshua 2:12

“So now, since I have acted faithfully toward you, please swear to me by the Lord that you will also act faithfully toward my father’s house. Please give me a firm pledge

Joshua 2:17

The men said to her, “We will be guiltless concerning this oath that you have made us swear.

Joshua 9:20

This is what we will do to them. We will let them live so that wrath will not come upon us due to the oath that we swore to them.”