Leviticus 19:12
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12 (A)You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so (B)profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
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Exodus 20:7
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7 (A)“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
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Deuteronomy 5:11
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11 “‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
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Leviticus 18:21
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21 You shall not give any of your children to (A)offer them[a] to (B)Molech, and so (C)profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
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- Leviticus 18:21 Hebrew to make them pass through [the fire]
James 5:12
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12 But above all, my brothers, (A)do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.
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Matthew 5:33-34
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Leviticus 6:3
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3 or (A)has found something lost and lied about it, (B)swearing falsely—in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby—
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Leviticus 24:15-16
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15 And speak to the people of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall (A)bear his sin. 16 Whoever (B)blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
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Leviticus 24:11
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11 and the Israelite woman's son (A)blasphemed the (B)Name, and cursed. Then they (C)brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be (A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those (B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, (C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
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Zechariah 5:4
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4 I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of (A)him who swears falsely by my name. And (B)it shall remain in his house and (C)consume it, both timber and stones.”
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Ezekiel 36:20-23
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20 But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, (A)they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.’ 21 But I had concern (B)for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came.
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22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: (C)It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, (D)which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. 23 (E)And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. (F)And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.
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Jeremiah 4:2
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2 (A)and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’
in truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
then (B)nations shall bless themselves in him,
(C)and in him shall they glory.”
Psalm 15:4
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4 (A)in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who (B)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
Jeremiah 7:9
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9 (A)Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, (B)swear falsely, (C)make offerings to Baal, (D)and go after other gods that you have not known,
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