A moment in scripture
Deuteronomy 5:11
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- Deuteronomy 5:9
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 that hate me,
- Deuteronomy 5:10
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
- Deuteronomy 5:12
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.
- Deuteronomy 5:13
Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.