Exodus 20:7
Thou shall not take the name of LORD thy God in vain, for LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
8Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Cross References
Genesis 27:20And Isaac said to his son, How is it that thou have found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because LORD thy God sent me good speed.
Leviticus 24:11and the son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed. And they brought him to Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
Deuteronomy 5:11Thou shall not take the name of LORD thy God in vain, for LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
Joshua 2:12Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a TRUE token,
Joshua 9:20This we will do to them, and let them live, lest wrath be upon us because of the oath which we swore to them.
1 Kings 2:9Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for thou are a wise man, and thou will know what thou ought to do to him, and thou shall bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:2-12
The Ten Commandments. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the… Read the whole commentary →