Deuteronomy 5:11

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord your God will certainly not acquit him that takes his name in vain.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

In Context

10and doing mercifully to + 5:10 Gr. to them that love, etc. to the number of thousands. thousands of them that love me, and that keep my commandments.

12Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord your God commanded you.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:7You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord your God will not acquit him that takes his name in vain.

Deuteronomy 6:13+ 6:13 Matt 4:10 You shall fear the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve; and you shall cleave to him, and by his name you shall swear.

Jeremiah 4:2The Lord lives, with truth, in judgment and righteousness, then shall nations bless by him, and by him they shall praise God in Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 5:7-23

6 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. 8 Thou shalt not make 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 waters beneath the earth: 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them… Read the whole commentary →

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