Leviticus 19:12

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 15:4

in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord; he who swears against harm and does not change;

Exodus 20:7

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.

Isaiah 48:1

Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth from the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of the Lord, and invoke the God of Israel, but not in truth or in righteousness;

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.

Jeremiah 5:2

Though they say, “The Lord lives,” surely they swear falsely.

Jeremiah 7:9

Shall you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know,

Leviticus 18:21

You shall not let any of your children be offered through the fire to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 20:3

I will set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given some of his descendants to Molech to defile My sanctuary and to defile My holy name.

Leviticus 24:11

And the Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the name of the Lord and cursed. And they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

Leviticus 6:3

or if he has found a lost item and lies about it, and swears falsely concerning any one of these sins that a man may commit;

Zechariah 5:3

He said to me, “This is the curse going out over the surface of all the land. Everyone who steals will be purged according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be purged according to the writing on the other side.

Zechariah 5:4

I will send it out, says the Lord of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain in his house and consume it, with its timber and stones.”

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.

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.

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.