Exodus 20:7

Modern King James Version

You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain. For Jehovah 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 Jehovah your God brought it to me.

1 Kings 2:9

And now, do not hold him guiltless. For you are a wise man, and you know what you ought to do to him. But bring his gray head down to the grave with blood.

2 Kings 5:20

And Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hand that which he brought. But, as Jehovah lives, I will run after him and take something from him.

Psalm 139:20

Who will speak against You maliciously? Your enemies are lifted up with vanity.

Proverbs 30:9

lest I be full and deceive, and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, and violate the name of my God.

Jeremiah 34:16

But you turned and defiled My name, and each man caused his slave, and each man caused his slave woman, whom you had set free to do as they pleased, to return. And you brought them into service to be slaves and slave women to you.

Jeremiah 4:2

And you shall swear, Jehovah lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in Him, and in Him they shall glory.

Ezekiel 39:7

And I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel. And I will not let them profane My holy name any more. And the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, the Holy One in Israel.

Leviticus 19:12

And you shall not swear by My name falsely; nor shall you profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near you to judgment. And I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who extort from the hired laborer's wages, and turning away the widow, and the orphan, the alien, and not fearing Me, says Jehovah of Hosts.

2 Corinthians 1:23

And I call God as witness to my soul that in order to spare you I have not yet come to Corinth.

Deuteronomy 10:20

You shall fear Jehovah your God. You shall serve Him, and you shall hold fast to Him, and swear by His name.

Deuteronomy 5:11

You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain, for Jehovah will not acquit the one who takes His name in vain.

Deuteronomy 6:13

You shall fear Jehovah your God and serve Him, and shall swear by His name.

James 5:12

But before all things, my brothers, do not swear; neither by the heaven nor by the earth, nor 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 Jehovah, since I have dealt with you in kindness, that you will also deal with 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 oath to you 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.