Exodus 20:7

The third commandment forbids misusing God's name; He will hold the guilty accountable. God's name and reputation are to be treated as holy.

Cross-references · 18

• Deut 5:11“You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain: for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
• Lev 19:12“‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
• Jas 5:12But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear — not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”; so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.
• Matt 5:33–37“Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,’
• Ps 50:14–16Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
• Jer 4:2and you shall swear, ‘As Yahweh lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.”
• Josh 9:20We will do this to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.”
• Matt 26:63–64But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
• Josh 2:12Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true sign;
• Heb 6:16–17For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
• Matt 23:16–22“Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’
• Josh 2:17The men said to her, “We will be guiltless of this your oath which you’ve made us to swear.
• Lev 24:11–16The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
• Prov 30:9lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
• Deut 10:20You shall fear Yahweh your God; you shall serve him; and you shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.
• 2 Sam 21:1–2There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Yahweh. Yahweh said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
• 2 Cor 1:23But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn’t come to Corinth to spare you.
• 1 Kgs 2:9Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”

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