"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." (Exodus 20:7)
Remark: ...take in vain - The combined meaning of the Strong's number 7723 shav' and Strong's number 5375 nasa':
to lift up with the voice, utter falsely, take in vain, swear falsely by.
("to lift up with the voice" is from:
Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament, translated by Samuel Prideaux Tregelles, LL. D., Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1979, p. 568)
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"...to this day Orthodox Jews will say "Adoshem" ("name of Ado-," leaving Adonai incompleted) or "Elokim" and write G-d and L-rd instead of the full words. This practice, though it is not followed by other Jews or by Christians, highlights the fact that the commandment does more than forbit profanity and sacrilegious oath-taking; it covers as well irresponsible, loose exclamations as "dear God," "good Lord," "by God," and the like. Whether the commandment forbits false swearing by God's name, or prohibits all wrong or vain usage, the basic intent remains: to safeguard His name from erosion and to maintain the sense of His holiness among His children." (The Torah - A Modern Commentary, edited by W. Gunther Plaut, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, New York, 1981, p.543)
"For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not heavy." (1 John 5:3)
"He said to Him, Which? And Iesu said, You shall not commit murder; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; honor your father and your mother; and you shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Matthew 19:18,19)
Why did Iesu make no mention of the first four commandments? Are they not important? Absolutely not!
"And Iesu said to him, You shall love (the) LORD your GOD with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is (the) first and great commandment." (Matthew 22:37,38)
"For truly I say to you, Until the sky and the earth pass away, in no way shall one iota or one tittle pass away from the Law until all come to pass." (Matthew 5:18)
"Behold, I, Paul, say to you that if you are circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing." "For in Christ Iesu neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any strength, but faith working through love." (Galatians 5:2,6)
"Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of God's commandments." (1 Corinthians 7:19)
"Then do we make the Law of no effect through faith? Let it not be! But we establish Law." (Romans 3:31)
"For Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath." (Acts 15:21)
"This calls for the patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God's commandments and remain faithful to Iesu." (Revelation 14:12)
"Not everyone who says to me, 'LORD, LORD,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." (Matthew 7:21)
"For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:20)
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