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Leviticus 19:12

Leviticus chapter 19 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.11Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

v.12This passage

v.13Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 15:4

    In whose eyes a reprobate is despised, But who honoreth them that fear Jehovah; He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;

  • Malachi 3:5

    And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

  • James 5:12

    But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

  • Ezekiel 36:20

    And when they came unto the nations, whither they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, These are the people of Jehovah, and are gone forth out of his land.

  • Leviticus 6:3

    or have found that which was lost, and deal falsely therein, and swear to a lie; in any of all these things that a man doeth, sinning therein;

  • Zechariah 5:4

    I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.