Exodus 20:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 Thou shalt not [a]bow down to them, neither serve them: for I am the Lord thy God, a [b]jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third generation and upon the fourth of them that hate me:
6 And showing mercy unto [c]thousands to them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 (A)Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in [d]vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain.
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- Exodus 20:5 By this outward gesture, all kinds of service and worship to idols is forbidden.
- Exodus 20:5 And will be revenged on the contemners of mine honor.
- Exodus 20:6 So ready is he rather to show mercy than to punish.
- Exodus 20:7 Either by swearing falsely or rashly by his Name, or by contemning it.
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