Bible verse
You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Leviticus 19.
8 Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.
9 When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
10 You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
11 You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
12 You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
13 You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
14 You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
15 You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
16 You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
KJV
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD.
ASV
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
ERV
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, so that thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
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