Payment for Swearing
Exodus 20:7
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain.


"What does Satan pay you for swearing?" asked one gentleman of another. "He don't pay me anything," was the reply. "Well you work cheap — to lay aside the character of a gentleman; to inflict so much pain on your friends and civil people; to suffer; and, lastly, to risk your own precious soul, and for nothing — you certainly do work cheap, very cheap indeed."



Parallel Verses
KJV: 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.

WEB: "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.




On Taking God's Name in Vain
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