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Leviticus 19:12

You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

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ASV

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

KJV

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
תִשָּׁבְע֥וּti.sha.ve.'Uyou will swear an oathH7650 →
בִשְׁמִ֖יvish.Miby name myH8034 →
לַשָּׁ֑קֶרla.Sha.kerto <the> falsehoodH8267 →
וְחִלַּלְתָּ֛ve.chi.lal.Taand you will profaneH2490 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שֵׁ֥םshem[the] name ofH8034 →
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430 →
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.weh[am] YahwehH3068 →

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Matthew 5:33Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’Exodus 20:7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.Deuteronomy 5:11You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.Deuteronomy 6:13Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.Leviticus 18:21You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.Leviticus 6:3or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—James 5:12Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.Jeremiah 34:16But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.Matthew 5:33–34Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’Leviticus 24:15–16And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.Leviticus 24:11The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)Zechariah 5:3Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.Jeremiah 5:2Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”Leviticus 22:2“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.Jeremiah 4:2and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.Psalms 15:4who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,Zechariah 5:4I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”

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Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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