9 Bible Verses about Misusing God's Name
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Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.
Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.
You profane Me in front of My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread; you kill those who should not die and spare those who should not live, when you lie to My people, who listen to lies.
“As for you, house of Israel, this is what the Lord God says: Go and serve your idols, each of you. But afterward you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.
When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said about them, ‘These are the people of Yahweh, yet they had to leave His land in exile.’
Then I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.
“Therefore, say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: It is not for your sake that I will act, house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations where you went.
They trample the heads of the poor
on the dust of the ground
and block the path of the needy.
A man and his father have sexual relations
with the same girl,
profaning My holy name.
But you are profaning it when you say: “The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.”
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