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Exodus 20:7

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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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  1. Exodus 20:5

    Thou shalt not bow down thyself to 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;

  2. Exodus 20:6

    And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

  3. Exodus 20:8

    Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

  4. Exodus 20:9

    Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.