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

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

And the son of the woman of Israel blasphemed the name of Jehovah, and cursed. And they brought him to Moses. (And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

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.

Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the Most High;

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.

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.

Again, you have heard that it has been said to the ancients, "You shall not swear falsely, but you shall perform your oaths to the Lord."

Woe to you, blind guides, saying, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

But Jesus was silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, I adjure you by the living God that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.

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

For men truly swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

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.

Guiltless

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,

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.

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year. And David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah answered, For Saul, and for his bloody house, because he killed the Gibeonites.

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.

General references

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.

And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this oath to you which you have made us swear.