Deuteronomy 5:11

11 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord thy God will certainly not acquit him that takes his name in vain.

Deuteronomy 5:11 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 5:11

(See Gill on Deuteronomy 5:6).

Deuteronomy 5:11 In-Context

9 Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor shalt thou serve them; for I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me,

10 and doing mercifully to thousands of them that love me, and that keep my commandments.

11 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord thy God will certainly not acquit him that takes his name in vain.

12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God commanded thee.

13 Six days thou shalt work, and thou shalt do all thy works;