Leviticus 19:12

Dealing Honestly

¹¹ Do not steal. Do not deal falsely. Do not lie to one another. ¹² You shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am the Lord. ¹³ Do not oppress your neighbor and do not rob him. Do not fail to pay your workers at the end of each day.

I Am the Lord

In My Name

Profane the Name

Swear Falsely

Take an Oath

Jehovah

Exodus 20:7

Never use the name of Jehovah your God in a false and evil way. Jehovah will make sure that anyone who is false, evil, careless and vain with his name will be punished.

Leviticus 18:21

Never give your children as sacrifices to the god Molech by burning them alive. If you do, you are dishonoring the name of your God. I am Jehovah!

Leviticus 6:3

If you find something that someone lost and lie about it under oath, or commit any other sin like this,

Deuteronomy 5:11

Do not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain. Jehovah will not leave him unpunished who takes his name in vain.

James 5:12

Above all things, my brothers do not swear by heaven, or by earth, or by any other oath. Let your Yes be Yes and your No be No. That way you will not fall under judgment.

Leviticus 24:11

The Israelite woman's son began cursing Jehovah's name and treating it with contempt. So they brought him to Moses.

Leviticus 24:15-16

Inform the Israelites: 'Those who treat their God with contempt will be punished for their sin.

Psalm 15:4

The one who despises those rejected by God but honors those who reverence (respect) Jehovah. The one who makes a promise and does not break it even though he is hurt by it.

Jeremiah 4:2

if you take the oath, as Jehovah lives in an honest, fair, and right way, then the nations will be blessed, and in him they will glory.

Jeremiah 7:9

Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known?

Ezekiel 36:20-23

Wherever they went among the nations, they dishonored my holy name. People said about them: 'These are Jehovah's people, yet they had to leave his land.'

Zechariah 5:4

I will cause it to happen, said Jehovah of Hosts, and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of he who swears falsely by my name. The curse will abide in the midst of his house and will consume it with the timber and the stones of the house.

Malachi 3:5

I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence, said Jehovah of Hosts.

Matthew 5:33-34

You were also told that you should keep a promise (oath). Always keep your promises (vows) to Jehovah.