Thematic Bible: Profane Swearing
Thematic Bible
profane Swearing » Of all kinds is desecration of God's name and is forbidden
"You are not to misuse the name of the LORD your God, because the LORD will not leave unpunished the one who misuses his name.
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But I tell you not to swear at all, neither by heaven, because it is God's throne, nor by the earth, because it is his footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the Great King. Nor should you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.
The one who swears an oath by the sanctuary swears by it and by the one who lives there. And the one who swears an oath by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one who sits on it.
profane Swearing » Punishment for
because the one who blasphemes the name of the LORD is certainly to be put to death. The entire congregation is to stone him to death. As it is for the resident alien, so it is to be with the native born: when he blasphemes the Name, he is to be put to death.
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So Moses spoke to the Israelis and they brought the one who cursed outside the camp and stoned him to death with boulders. The Israelis did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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profane Swearing » Guilt of
"You are not to misuse the name of the LORD your God, because the LORD will not leave unpunished the one who misuses his name.
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""You are not to misuse the name of the LORD your God, because the LORD will not leave unpunished the one who misuses his name.
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profane Swearing » Nations visited for
"Hear this message from the LORD, people of Israel. Indeed, the LORD brings a charge against the people who live in the land for there is no truth and no gracious love or knowledge of God in the land. Swearing, lying, murder, theft, and adultery are rampant, and blood mingles with blood. Therefore the land will mourn, and all who live there will languish, along with the wild animals of the field and the birds of the air. Even the fish in the sea will disappear.
Indeed, the land is full of adulterers. Indeed, the land mourns because of the curse; the pastures of the wilderness have dried up. The adulterers' lifestyles are evil, and they use their strength for what is not right.
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profane Swearing » The wicked » Addicted to
Their mouth is full of curses, lies, and oppression, their tongues spread trouble and iniquity.
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Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.
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profane Swearing » Exemplified
Then the Israeli woman's son blasphemed the Name and cursed, so they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, from the tribe of Dan.
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profane Swearing » Exemplified » Peter
Then he began to curse violently. "I don't know the man!" he swore solemnly. Just then a rooster crowed.
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profane Swearing » Woe denounced against
"How terrible it will be for you, blind guides! You say, "Whoever swears an oath by the sanctuary is excused, but whoever swears an oath by the gold of the sanctuary must keep his oath.'
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profane Swearing » Exemplified » Gehazi
After Naaman had gone only a short distance, Gehazi, the attendant to Elisha, the man of God, told himself, "Look how my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman! He declined to take from him what he brought. As the LORD lives, I'm going to run after him and get something from him."
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profane Swearing » The wicked » Clothe themselves with
He wore curses like a garment may they enter his inner being like water and his bones like oil.
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profane Swearing » The wicked » Love
He loved to curse may his curses return upon him! He took no delight in blessing others so may blessings be far from him.
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