Exodus 20:7

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Thou shalt not take the name of ye LORDE thy God in vayne. For the LORDE shal not holde him vngiltie, that taketh his name in vayne.

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  • Lev 19:12 : 12 Ye shal not sweare falsely by my name, & so to vnhalowe the name of thy God: for I am the LORDE.
  • Jas 5:12 : 12 But aboue all thinges my brethre, sweare not, nether by heaue, nether by earth, nether by eny other othe. Let youre ye be ye, and yor naye naye: lest ye faule in to ypocricy.
  • Heb 6:16-17 : 16 As for men, they sweare by him that is greater then them selues: and the ooth is the ende of all stryfe to confirme the thinge amoge them. 17 But God, wyllinge very abundauntly to shewe vnto the heyres of promes the stablenes of his councell, added an ooth
  • Ps 50:14-16 : 14 Offre vnto God prayse and thankesgeuynge, and paye thy vowes vnto the most hyest. 15 And call vpo me in the tyme of trouble, so wil I heare the, that thou shalt thanke me. 16 But vnto the vngodly sayeth God: Why doest thou preach my lawes, and takest my couenaunt in thy mouth?
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 Lest yf I be to full, I denye ye, & saye: what felowe is ye LORDE? And lest I beinge constrayned thorow pouerte, fall vnto stealinge, and forsweare the name of my God.
  • Lev 24:11-16 : 11 with a man of Israel, & named the name of God blasphemously, & cursed. Then brought they him vnto Moses. His mothers name was Selomith, the doughter of Dibri, of the trybe of Dan. 12 And they put him in preson, tyll they were infourmed by the mouth of the LORDE. 13 And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and sayde: 14 Brynge him that cursed, out of the hoost, and let all the that herde it, laye their handes vpon his heade, and let the whole congregacion stone him. 15 And saye vnto the childre of Israel. Who so euer blasphemeth his God, shall beare his synne: 16 and he that blasphemeth the name of the LORDE, shal dye the death. The whole congregacio shal stone him. As the straunger, so shal he of the housholde be also. Yf he blaspheme the name, he shal dye.
  • Deut 5:11 : 11 Thou shalt not take ye name of ye LORDE yi God in vayne: For ye LORDE shal not holde him vngiltie, yt taketh his name in vaine.
  • Matt 23:16-22 : 16 Wo vnto you blyndegydes, which saye: Who so euer sweareth by the temple, that is nothinge: but who so euer sweareth by the golde of the temple, he is giltie. 17 Ye fooles and blynde, whether is greater? the golde, or the teple that sanctifieth the golde? 18 And who so euer sweareth by the altare, that is nothinge: but who so euer sweareth by the offeringe that is vpo it, he is giltye. 19 Ye fooles and blynde, whether is greater? the offeringe, or the altare that sanctifieth the offerynge? 20 Therfore who so sweareth by the altare, sweareth by the same, and by all that is theron: 21 and who so sweareth by the temple, sweareth by the same, and by him that dwelleth therin. 22 And who so sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the seate of God, and by him that sytteth theron.
  • Jer 4:2 : 2 And shalt sweare: The LORDE lyueth: in treuth, in equite and rightuousnesse: and all people shall be fortunable and ioyfull in him.
  • Matt 5:33-37 : 33 Agayne, ye haue herde, how it was sayde to the of olde tyme: Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt performe thyne ooth to God. 34 But I saye vnto you: sweare not at all, nether by heaue, for it is Godis seate: 35 nor yet by the earth, for it is his fote stole: nether by Ierusalem, for it is the cyte of ye greate kinge: 36 nether shalt thou sweare by thy heed, because thou canst not make one heer whyte or blacke: 37 But your communicacion shalbe, yee, yee: nay, nay. For what soeuer is more then that, commeth of euel.
  • Deut 10:20 : 20 Thou shalt feare the LORDE thy God, him onely shalt thou serue, vnto him shalt thou cleue & sweare by his name.
  • Josh 2:12 : 12 Sweare now then vnto me euen by the LORDE (for so moch as I haue dealte mercifully with you) that ye wyl also shewe mercy vpon my fathers house: and geue me a true token,
  • Josh 2:17 : 17 But the men sayde vnto her: As for this ooth that thou hast taken of vs, we wyll be discharged of it
  • Josh 9:20 : 20 But this wil we do vnto them: Let them lyue, that there come no wrath vpon vs, because of the ooth that we haue made vnto them.
  • 2 Sam 21:1-2 : 1 There was a derth also in Dauids tyme thre yeares together. And Dauid soughte the face of ye LORDE. And the LORDE sayde: Because of Saul and because of that bloudy housholde yt he slewe the Gibeonites. 2 Then the kynge caused for to call the Gibeonites, and spake vnto them. (As for the Gibeonites, they were not of ye children of Israel, but a remnaunt of the Amorites: howbeit the children of Israel had sworne vnto the, and Saul soughte for to smyte them in his gelousy, for the childre of Israel and Iuda.)
  • 1 Kgs 2:9 : 9 But suffre not thou him to be vngiltye, for thou art a wyse man, and shalt wel knowe what thou oughtest to do vnto him, that thou mayest brynge his graye heer downe to the graue with bloude.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 5:7-12
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    7Thou shalt haue none other goddes in my sighte.

    8Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage of eny maner of licknesse of the thinges yt are aboue in heauen, & beneth vpon earth, & in the water vnder the earth.

    9Thou shalt not honor them, ner serue the. For I ye LORDE yi God am a gelous God, vysitinge the synne of the fathers vpo the children, vnto the thirde and fourth generacion, of the yt hate me:

    10& shewe mercye vpon many thousandes yt loue me, and kepe my commaundementes.

    11Thou shalt not take ye name of ye LORDE yi God in vayne: For ye LORDE shal not holde him vngiltie, yt taketh his name in vaine.

    12Kepe ye Sabbath daye, that thou sanctifye it, as the LORDE thy God hath commauded the.

  • Exod 20:8-17
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    8Remembre the Sabbath daie, that thou sanctifie it.

    9Sixe dayes shalt thou laboure and do all thy worke:

    10But vpon the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the LORDE thy God: thou shalt do no maner worke in it, nether thou, ner thy sonne, ner thy doughter, ner thy seruaunt, ner thy mayde, ner thy catell, ner thy straunger that is within thy gates.

    11For in sixe dayes the LORDE made heauen and earth, and the see, and all that therin is, and rested vpon the seuenth daye: therfore the LORDE blessed the seuenth daye, & halowed it.

    12Honoure thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest lyue longe in the londe, which the LORDE thy God shal geue the.

    13Thou shalt not kyll.

    14Thou shalt not breake wedlocke.

    15Thou shalt not steale.

    16Thou shalt beare no false wytnesse agaynst thy neghboure.

    17Thou shalt not lust after yi neghbours house. Thou shalt not lust after thy neghbours wife, ner his seruaut, ner his mayde, ner his oxe, ner his Asse, ner all that thy neghboure hath

  • Lev 19:11-12
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    11Ye shal not steale, nether lye, ner deale falsely one with another.

    12Ye shal not sweare falsely by my name, & so to vnhalowe the name of thy God: for I am the LORDE.

  • Exod 20:3-6
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    3Thou shalt haue none other Goddes in my sight.

    4Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage ner eny symilitude, nether of it that is aboue in heauen, ner of it that is beneth vpon earth, ner of it that is in the water vnder the earth.

    5Worshipe them not, and serue them not: for I the LORDE thy God am a gelouse God, vysitinge ye synne of the fathers vpon the children, vnto ye thirde and fourth generacion, of them that hate me:

    6And do mercye vpo many thousandes, that loue me, and kepe my commaundementes.

  • Lev 22:31-32
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    31Therfore kepe now my commaundementes, and do them: for I am the LORDE,

    32yt ye vnhalowe not my holy name, & that I maye be halowed amonge the children of Israel. For I am he that halowe you, eue ye LORDE,

  • Deut 5:19-20
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    19Thou shalt not steale.

    20Thou shalt beare no false witnes against thy neghboure.

  • Exod 23:13
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    13All that I haue sayde vnto you, that kepe. And as for the names of other goddes, ye shall not remembre them, and out of youre mouthes shal they not be herde.

  • Deut 12:4
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    4Ye shal not do so vnto the LORDE youre God:

  • Deut 6:13
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    13but thou shalt feare the LORDE thy God, and him onely shalt thou serue, and sweare by his name.

  • Lev 19:30
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    30Repe my holy dayes, and stonde in awe of my Sanctuary; for I am the LORDE.

  • Deut 5:17
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    17Thou shalt not kyll.

  • Lev 20:7-9
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    7Sanctifie youre selues therfore, & be holy: for I am holy euen youre God.

    8And kepe ye my statutes, and do them: for I am ye LORDE that sanctifieth you.

    9Who so euer curseth his father or his mother, shall dye the death: his bloude be vpon him, because he hath cursed his father or mother.

  • Lev 26:2
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    2Kepe my Sabbathes, and stonde in awe of my Sanctuary. I am the LORDE.

  • Lev 19:4
    72%

    4Ye shal not turne youre selues vnto Idols, & ye shal make you no goddes of metall: for I am the LORDE youre God.

  • Exod 34:14
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    14for thou shalt worshipe no other god. For ye LORDE is called gelous, because he is a gelous God:

  • Lev 22:15
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    15that they vnhalowe not ye halowed thinges of the children of Israel, which they Heue vp vnto the LORDE,

  • Lev 18:20-21
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    20Thou shalt not lye with thy neghbours wife to medle with her, for to defyle thy self withall.

    21Thou shalt not geue of thy sede also, to be burnt vnto Moloch, lest thou vnhalowe the name of thy God, for I am the LORDE.

  • Josh 23:7
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    7that ye come not amonge ye remnaunt of these nacios, which are with you: And se that ye make no mencion ner sweare by the names of their goddes, nether serue them, ner bowe youre selues vnto them:

  • Lev 24:15
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    15And saye vnto the childre of Israel. Who so euer blasphemeth his God, shall beare his synne:

  • Ps 139:20
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    20For they speake vnright of the, thine enemies exalte them selues presumptuously.

  • Prov 30:10
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    10Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his master, lest he speake euell of the also, and thou be hurte.

  • Deut 23:21
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    21Whan thou makest a vowe vnto ye LORDE yi God, to shalt not be slacke to perfourme it: for the LORDE thy God shal requyre it of the, and it shal be synne vnto the.

  • Deut 10:20
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    20Thou shalt feare the LORDE thy God, him onely shalt thou serue, vnto him shalt thou cleue & sweare by his name.

  • Exod 22:28
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    28Thou shalt not speake euell of the Goddes, and the ruler of thy people shall thou not blaspheme.

  • Ezek 20:20
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    20halowe my Sabbathes: for they are a token betwixte me & you, that ye maye knowe, how yt I am the LORDE.

  • Lev 19:14
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    14Thou shalt not curse the deaf. Thou shalt put no stomblynge blocke before ye blinde, but shalt feare thy God: for I am the LORDE.

  • Matt 5:33
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    33Agayne, ye haue herde, how it was sayde to the of olde tyme: Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt performe thyne ooth to God.