Thematic Bible: Profane Swearing
Thematic Bible
profane Swearing » Of all kinds is desecration of God's name and is forbidden
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.
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I tell you, offer no promises at all, not by heaven, because it is God's throne. Not by earth, for it is the footstool under His feet. Not by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not promise by your head, for you cannot even control the hair on your head.
He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him that dwells within it. Thus, he who swears by heaven also swears by the throne of God and him who sits on it.
profane Swearing » Punishment for
However those who curse Jehovah's name must be put to death. The whole congregation must stone them to death. It makes no difference whether they are Israelites or foreigners. Whoever curses (abuses) Jehovah's name must die.
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When Moses had said this to the people of Israel, they took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death. The people of Israel did what Jehovah commanded Moses.
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profane Swearing » Guilt of
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.
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Do not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain. Jehovah will not leave him unpunished who takes his name in vain.
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profane Swearing » Nations visited for
Hear the word of Jehovah, you children of Israel! For Jehovah has a legal case against the inhabitants of the land. There is no truth! There is no goodness. There is no knowledge of God in the land. They do nothing but swear, deceive, kill, steal and commit adultery! There is violence and bloodshed in the land. Therefore the land will mourn. All the inhabitants are weak. The beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea will also perish.
The land is full of adulterers! The land mourns because of the curse. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course also is evil and their might is not right.
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profane Swearing » The wicked » Addicted to
His mouth is full of curses, deception, and oppression. Trouble and wrongdoing are on the tip of his tongue.
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Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. (Psalm 10:7)
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profane Swearing » Exemplified
The Israelite woman's son began cursing Jehovah's name and treating it with contempt. So they brought him to Moses.
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profane Swearing » Exemplified » Peter
Then with curses and oaths he said: I do not know the man! And immediately a rooster crowed.
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profane Swearing » Woe denounced against
Woe to you, you blind guides! You say, 'When you swear by the temple, it is nothing.' Then you say, 'When you swear by the gold of the temple, you are obligated.'
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profane Swearing » Exemplified » Gehazi
when Elisha's servant Gehazi said to himself: My master has let Naaman get away without paying a thing! He should have accepted what that Syrian offered him. By the living God Jehovah I will run after him and get something from him.
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profane Swearing » The wicked » Clothe themselves with
He wore cursing as though it were clothing; so cursing entered his body like water and his bones like oil.
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profane Swearing » The wicked » Love
He loved to put curses on others, so he, too, was cursed. He did not like to bless others, so he never received a blessing.
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