Exodus 20:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lorde thy God in vaine: for the Lorde will not hold him guiltles that taketh his Name in vayne.

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  • Lev 19:12 : 12 Also yee shall not sweare by my name falsely, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
  • Jas 5:12 : 12 But before all thinges, my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, nor by earth, nor by any other othe: but let your yea, be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into condemnation.
  • Heb 6:16-17 : 16 For men verely sweare by him that is greater then themselues, and an othe for confirmation is among them an ende of all strife. 17 So God, willing more aboundantly to shew vnto the heires of promes the stablenes of his counsell, bound himselfe by an othe,
  • Ps 50:14-16 : 14 Offer vnto God praise, and pay thy vowes vnto the most High, 15 And call vpon me in the day of trouble: so will I deliuer thee, and thou shalt glorifie me. 16 But vnto the wicked said God, What hast thou to doe to declare mine ordinances, that thou shouldest take my couenant in thy mouth,
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 Least I be full, & denie thee, and say, Who is the Lorde? or least I be poore and steale, and take the Name of my God in vaine.
  • Lev 24:11-16 : 11 So the Israelitish womans sonne blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed, and they brought him vnto Moses (his mothers name also was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan) 12 And they put him in warde, till he tolde them the minde of the Lorde. 13 Then the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, 14 Bring the blasphemer without the hoste, and let all that heard him, put their handes vpon his head, and let all the Congregation stone him. 15 And thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoeuer curseth his God, shall beare his sinne. 16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shalbe put to death: all the Congregation shall stone him to death: aswell the stranger, as he that is borne in the lande: when he blasphemeth the name of the Lorde, let him beslaine.
  • Deut 5:11 : 11 Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vaine: for the Lorde will not holde him giltlesse that taketh his Name in vaine.
  • Matt 23:16-22 : 16 Wo be vnto you blinde guides, which say, Whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the Temple, he offendeth. 17 Ye fooles and blinde, whether is greater, the golde, or the Temple that sanctifieth the golde? 18 And whosoeuer sweareth by the altar, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the offering that is vpon it, offendeth. 19 Ye fooles and blinde, whether is greater, the offering, or the altar which sanctifieth the offering? 20 Whosoeuer therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he that sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
  • Jer 4:2 : 2 And thou shalt sweare, The Lord liueth in trueth, in iudgement, and in righteousnesse, and the nations shall be blessed in him, and shall glorie in him.
  • Matt 5:33-37 : 33 Againe, ye haue heard that it was sayd to them of old time, Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt performe thine othes to the Lord. 34 But I say vnto you, Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is the throne of God: 35 Nor yet by the earth: for it is his footestoole: neither by Hierusalem: for it is the citie of the great King. 36 Neither shalt thou sweare by thine head, because thou canst not make one heare white or blacke. 37 But let your communication be Yea, yea: Nay, nay. For whatsoeuer is more then these, commeth of euill.
  • Deut 10:20 : 20 Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God: thou shalt serue him, and thou shalt cleaue vnto him, and shalt sweare by his Name.
  • Josh 2:12 : 12 Now therefore, I pray you, sweare vnto me by the Lord; that as I haue shewed you mercie, ye will also shewe mercie vnto my fathers house, and giue me a true token,
  • Josh 2:17 : 17 And the men said vnto her, We will be blamelesse of this thine othe, which thou hast made vs sweare.
  • Josh 9:20 : 20 But this we wil doe to them, and let them liue, least the wrath be vpon vs because of the othe which we sware vnto them.
  • 2 Sam 21:1-2 : 1 Then there was a famine in the dayes of Dauid, three yeeres together: and Dauid asked counsell of the Lorde, and the Lorde answered, It is for Saul, & for his bloodie house, because hee slewe the Gibeonites. 2 Then ye King called the Gibeonites and said vnto them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but a remnant of the Amorites, vnto whom ye children of Israel had sworne: but Saul sought to slay them for his zeale toward the children of Israel and Iudah)
  • 1 Kgs 2:9 : 9 But thou shalt not count him innocent: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to doe vnto him: therefore thou shalt cause his hoare head to goe downe to the graue with blood.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 5:7-12
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    91%

    7Thou shalt haue none other gods before my face.

    8Thou shalt make thee no grauen image or any likenesse of that that is in heauen aboue, or which is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters vnder the earth.

    9Thou shalt neither bowe thy selfe vnto them, nor serue them: for I the Lord thy God am a ielous God, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, euen vnto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:

    10And shewing mercie vnto thousandes of them that loue me, and keepe my commandements.

    11Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vaine: for the Lorde will not holde him giltlesse that taketh his Name in vaine.

    12Keepe the Sabbath day, to sanctifie it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.

  • Exod 20:8-17
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    8Remember the Sabbath day, to keepe it holy.

    9Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and doe all thy worke,

    10But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any worke, thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, thy man seruant, nor thy mayde, nor thy beast, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.

    11For in sixe dayes the Lord made the heauen and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day: therefore the Lorde blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

    12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

    13Thou shalt not kill.

    14Thou shalt not commit adulterie.

    15Thou shalt not steale.

    16Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neighbour.

    17Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours house, neither shalt thou couet thy neighbours wife, nor his man seruant, nor his mayde, nor his oxe, nor his asse, neyther any thing that is thy neighbours.

  • Lev 19:11-12
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    83%

    11Ye shall not steale, neither deale falsely, neither lie one to another.

    12Also yee shall not sweare by my name falsely, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

  • Exod 20:3-6
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    3Thou shalt haue none other Gods before me.

    4Thou shalt make thee no grauen image, neither any similitude of things that are in heauen aboue, neither that are in the earth beneath, nor that are in the waters vnder the earth.

    5Thou shalt not bowe downe to them, neither serue them: for I am the Lord thy God, a ielous God, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, vpon the third generation and vpon the fourth of them that hate me:

    6And shewing mercie vnto thousandes to them that loue me, & keepe my commandemets.

  • Lev 22:31-32
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    31Therefore shall ye keepe my commandements and do them: for I am the Lord.

    32Neither shal ye pollute mine holy Name, but I will be halowed among the children of Israel. I the Lord sanctifie you,

  • Deut 5:19-20
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    19Neither shalt thou steale.

    20Neither shalt thou beare false witnesse against thy neighbour.

  • Exod 23:13
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    13And ye shall take heede to all things that I haue sayde vnto you: and ye shall make no mention of the name of other gods, neither shal it be heard out of thy mouth.

  • Deut 12:4
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    4Ye shal not do so vnto ye Lord your God,

  • Deut 6:13
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    13Thou shalt feare the Lorde thy God, and serue him, and shalt sweare by his Name.

  • Lev 19:30
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    30Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lorde.

  • Deut 5:17
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    17Thou shalt not kill.

  • Lev 20:7-9
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    7Sanctifie your selues therefore, and be holie, for I am the Lorde your God.

    8Keepe ye therefore mine ordinances, and doe them. I am the Lorde which doeth sanctifie you.

    9If there be any that curseth his father or his mother, he shall die the death: seeing hee hath cursed his father and his mother, his blood shalbe vpon him.

  • Lev 26:2
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    2Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths, and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lorde.

  • Lev 19:4
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    4Ye shall not turne vnto idoles, nor make you molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

  • Exod 34:14
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    14(For thou shalt bow downe to none other god, because the Lord, whose Name is Ielous, is a ielous God)

  • Lev 22:15
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    15So they shall not defile the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer vnto the Lord,

  • Lev 18:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20Moreouer, thou shalt not giue thy selfe to thy neighbours wife by carnall copulation, to be defiled with her.

    21Also thou shalt not giue thy children to offer them vnto Molech, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: for I am the Lord.

  • Josh 23:7
    72%

    7Neither companie with these nations: that is, with them which are left with you, neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to sweare by them, neither serue them nor bowe vnto them:

  • Lev 24:15
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    15And thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoeuer curseth his God, shall beare his sinne.

  • Ps 139:20
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    20Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.

  • Prov 30:10
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    10Accuse not a seruant vnto his master, lest he curse thee, when thou hast offended.

  • Deut 23:21
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    21When thou shalt vowe a vowe vnto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not be slacke to paye it: for the Lorde thy God will surely require it of thee, and so it should be sinne vnto thee.

  • Deut 10:20
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    20Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God: thou shalt serue him, and thou shalt cleaue vnto him, and shalt sweare by his Name.

  • Exod 22:28
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    28Thou shalt not raile vpon the Iudges, neither speake euil of the ruler of thy people.

  • Ezek 20:20
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    20And sanctifie my Sabbaths, and they shall bee a signe betweene mee and you, that ye may knowe that I am the Lord your God.

  • Lev 19:14
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    14Thou shalt not curse the deafe, neither put a stumbling blocke before the blinde, but shalt feare thy God: I am the Lord.

  • Matt 5:33
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    33Againe, ye haue heard that it was sayd to them of old time, Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt performe thine othes to the Lord.