Exodus 20:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord

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  • Lev 19:12 : 12 And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.
  • Jas 5:12 : 12 But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.
  • Heb 6:16-17 : 16 For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath. 17 So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;
  • Ps 50:14-16 : 14 Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High; 15 Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me. 16 But to the sinner, God says, What are you doing, talking of my laws, or taking the words of my agreement in your mouth?
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.
  • Lev 24:11-16 : 11 And the son of the Israelite woman said evil against the holy Name, with curses; and they took him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. 12 And they kept him shut up, till a decision might be given by the mouth of the Lord. 13 And the Lord said to Moses, 14 Take the curser outside the tent-circle; and let all in whose hearing the words were said put their hands on his head, and let him be stoned by all the people. 15 And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head. 16 And he who says evil against the name of the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death.
  • Deut 5:11 : 11 You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged as a sinner by the Lord.
  • Matt 23:16-22 : 16 A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible. 17 You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy? 18 And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible. 19 You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy? 20 He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it. 21 And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is. 22 And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.
  • Jer 4:2 : 2 And you will take your oath, By the living Lord, in good faith and wisdom and righteousness; and the nations will make use of you as a blessing, and in you will they take a pride.
  • Matt 5:33-37 : 33 Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord: 34 But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God; 35 Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King. 36 You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black. 37 But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.
  • Deut 10:20 : 20 Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name.
  • Josh 2:12 : 12 So now, will you give me your oath by the Lord, that, because I have been kind to you, you will be kind to my father's house,
  • Josh 2:17 : 17 And the men said to her, We will only be responsible for this oath which you have made us take,
  • Josh 9:20 : 20 This is what we will do to them: we will not put them to death, for fear that wrath may come on us because of our oath to them.
  • 2 Sam 21:1-2 : 1 In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, because he put the Gibeonites to death. 2 Then the king sent for the Gibeonites; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but were the last of the Amorites, to whom the children of Israel had given an oath; but Saul, in his passion for the children of Israel and Judah, had made an attempt on their lives:)
  • 1 Kgs 2:9 : 9 But do not let him be free from punishment, for you are a wise man; and it will be clear to you what you have to do with him; see that his white head goes down to the underworld in blood.

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    7You are to have no other gods but me.

    8You may not make for yourselves an image in the form of anything in heaven or on earth or in the waters under the earth:

    9You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;

    10And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.

    11You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged as a sinner by the Lord.

    12Keep the Sabbath day as a holy day, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God.

  • Exod 20:8-17
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    8Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.

    9On six days do all your work:

    10But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:

    11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.

    12Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

    13Do not put anyone to death without cause.

    14Do not be false to the married relation.

    15Do not take the property of another.

    16Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

    17Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.

  • Lev 19:11-12
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    11Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.

    12And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

  • Exod 20:3-6
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    3You are to have no other gods but me.

    4You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:

    5You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;

    6And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.

  • Lev 22:31-32
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    31So then, keep my orders and do them: I am the Lord.

    32And do not make my holy name common; so that it may be kept holy by the children of Israel: I am the Lord who make you holy,

  • Deut 5:19-20
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    19Do not take the property of another.

    20Do not give false witness against your neighbour;

  • Exod 23:13
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    13Take note of all these things which I have said to you, and let not the names of other gods come into your minds or from your lips.

  • Deut 12:4
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    4Do not so to the Lord your God.

  • Deut 6:13
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    13Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.

  • Lev 19:30
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    30Keep my Sabbaths and have respect for my holy place: I am the Lord.

  • Deut 5:17
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    17Do not put anyone to death without cause.

  • Lev 20:7-9
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    7So make and keep yourselves holy, for I am the Lord your God.

    8And keep my rules and do them: I am the Lord, who make you holy.

    9Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

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    2Keep my Sabbaths and give honour to my holy place: I am the Lord.

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    4Do not go after false gods, and do not make metal images of gods for yourselves: I am the Lord your God.

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    14For you are to be worshippers of no other god: for the Lord is a God who will not give his honour to another.

  • Lev 22:15
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    15And they may not make common the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord,

  • Lev 18:20-21
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    20And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

    21And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

  • Josh 23:7
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    7Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:

  • Lev 24:15
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    15And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head.

  • Ps 139:20
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    20For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name.

  • Prov 30:10
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    10Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.

  • Deut 23:21
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    21When you take an oath to the Lord, do not be slow to give effect to it: for without doubt the Lord your God will make you responsible, and will put it to your account as sin.

  • Deut 10:20
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    20Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name.

  • Exod 22:28
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    28You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.

  • Ezek 20:20
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    20And keep my Sabbaths holy; and they will be a sign between me and you so that it may be clear to you that I am the Lord your God.

  • Lev 19:14
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    14Do not put a curse on those who have no hearing, or put a cause of falling in the way of the blind, but keep the fear of your God before you: I am the Lord.

  • Matt 5:33
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    33Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord: