Exodus 20:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Take

Guiltless

General references

Deuteronomy 5:11

Joshua 2:17

Bible References

Take

You shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.

The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving
And pay your vows to the Most High;

That I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or that I not be in want and steal,
And profane the name of my God.

And you will swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’

In truth, in justice and in righteousness;

Then the nations will bless themselves in Him,
And in Him they will glory.”

“Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, ‘

You shall not

make false vows, but shall fulfill your

vows to the Lord.’

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.’

But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I

adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

But I call God as witness to my soul, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

For men swear by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute.

But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

Guiltless

Now therefore, please swear to me by the Lord, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s household, and give me a pledge of truth,

This we will do to them, even let them live, so that wrath will not be upon us for the oath which we swore to them.”

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of the Lord. And the Lord said, “It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

Now therefore, do not let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you will bring his gray hair down to Sheol with blood.”

General references

‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

The men said to her, “We shall be free from this oath to you which you have made us swear,