Topic
Swearing, Profane
19 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 20:7Torrey Of all kinds is desecration of God's name and is forbidden
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.
- Leviticus 24:11Torrey Exemplified — Son of Israelitish woman
And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
- Leviticus 24:16Torrey Punishment for
And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.
- Leviticus 24:23Torrey Punishment for
¶ And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Deuteronomy 5:11Torrey Guilt of
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.
- 2 Kings 5:20Torrey Exemplified — Gehazi
¶ But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
- Psalms 10:7Torrey THE WICKED — Addicted to
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
- Psalms 59:12Torrey Punishment for
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
- Psalms 109:17Torrey THE WICKED — Love
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
- Psalms 109:18Torrey THE WICKED — Clothe themselves with
As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
- Jeremiah 23:10Torrey Nations visited for
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
- Hosea 4:1–3Torrey Nations visited for
Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing…
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- Matthew 5:34–36 Torrey Of all kinds is desecration of God's name and is forbidden
- Matthew 23:16 Torrey Woe denounced against
- Matthew 23:21 Torrey Of all kinds is desecration of God's name and is forbidden
- Matthew 23:22 Torrey Of all kinds is desecration of God's name and is forbidden
- Matthew 26:74 Torrey Exemplified — Peter
- Romans 3:14 Torrey THE WICKED — Addicted to
- James 5:12 Torrey Of all kinds is desecration of God's name and is forbidden
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 22 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.