Lexicon :: Strong's H7723 - šāv'

“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain [that is, irreverently, in false affirmations or in ways that impugn the character of God]; for the LORD will not hold guiltless nor leave unpunished the one who [fn]takes His name in vain [disregarding its reverence and its power].

“You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence].

‘You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain [that is, irreverently, in false affirmations or in ways that impugn the character of God]; for the LORD will not hold guiltless nor leave unpunished the one who [fn]takes His name in vain [disregarding its reverence and its power].

‘You shall not give false testimony [that is, lie, withhold, or manipulate the truth] against your neighbor (any person).

So am I allotted months of futility and suffering,

And [long] nights of trouble and misery are appointed to me.

“For He recognizes and knows false and worthless men,

And He sees wickedness, will He not consider it?

“Let him not trust in vanity (emptiness, futility) and be led astray;

For emptiness will be his [fn]reward [for such living].

“If I have walked with falsehood,

Or if my foot has chased after deceit,

“Surely God will not listen to an empty cry [which lacks trust],

Nor will the Almighty regard it.

They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;

With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart,

Who has not lifted up his soul to what is false,

Nor has sworn [oaths] deceitfully.

I do not sit with deceitful or unethical or worthless men,

Nor seek companionship with pretenders (self-righteous hypocrites).

I hate those who pay regard to vain (empty, worthless) idols;

But I trust in the LORD [and rely on Him with unwavering confidence].

And when one comes to see me, he speaks empty words,

While his heart gathers malicious gossip [against me];

When he goes away, he tells it [everywhere].

Give us help against the enemy,

For the help of man is worthless (ineffectual, without purpose).

Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;

For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!

Give us help against the adversary,

For deliverance by man is in vain [a worthless hope].

Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine],

And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.

A Song of [fn]Ascents. Of Solomon.

Unless the LORD builds the house,

They labor in vain who build it;

Unless the LORD guards the city,

The watchman keeps awake in vain.

For they speak against You wickedly,

Your enemies take Your name in vain.

Whose mouths speak deceit [without restraint],

And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Set me free and rescue me from the hand of [hostile] foreigners,

Whose mouth speaks deceit [without restraint],

And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Keep deception and lies far from me;

Give me neither poverty nor riches;

Feed me with the food that is my portion,

“Do not bring worthless offerings again,

[Your] incense is repulsive to Me;

[Your] New Moon and Sabbath [observances], the calling of assemblies—

I cannot endure wickedness [your sin, your injustice, your wrongdoing] and [the squalor of] the festive assembly.

Woe (judgment is coming) to those who drag along wickedness with cords of falsehood,

And sin as if with cart ropes [towing their own punishment];

His breath is like an overflowing river,

Which reaches to the neck,

To sift the nations back and forth in a sieve [of disaster],

And to put in the jaws of the peoples the bridle which leads to ruin.

No one sues righteously [but for the sake of doing injury to others—to take some undue advantage], and no one pleads [his case] in truth; [but rather]

They trust in empty arguments and speak lies;

They conceive trouble and bring forth injustice.

“In vain I have punished your people [with the consequences of their disobedience];

They received no insight from correction [and refused to change].

Your [own] sword has devoured your prophets

Like a destroying lion.

And you, O desolate one, what will you do?

Though you clothe yourself in scarlet,

Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,

Though you enlarge your eyes with paint,

You make yourself beautiful in vain.

Your lovers (allies) despise you;

They seek your life.

The bellows blow fiercely,

The lead is consumed by the fire;

In vain they continue refining,

But the wicked are not separated and removed.

‘Yet My people have forgotten Me;

They burn incense to worthless gods,

They have stumbled from their ways

From the ancient roads,

To walk in pathways,

Not on a highway,

Go up to Gilead and obtain [healing] balm,

O Virgin Daughter of Egypt!

In vain you use many medicines;

For you there is no healing or remedy.

Your prophets have seen (imagined) for you

False and foolish visions;

And they have not exposed your wickedness

To restore you from captivity [by teaching you to repent],

But they have seen (imagined) and declared to you false and misleading oracles.

They have spoken empty (disingenuous) words,

Swearing falsely to make covenants [they intend to break];

Therefore, judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

Is there wickedness (idolatry) in Gilead?

Surely the people there are worthless.

In Gilgal [they defy Me when] they sacrifice bulls,

Yes, [after My judgment] their [pagan] altars are like the stone heaps

In the furrows of the fields.

“Those who regard and follow worthless idols

[fn]Turn away from their [living source of] mercy and lovingkindness.

For the teraphim (household idols) speak wickedness (emptiness, worthlessness),

And the diviners see lying visions

And tell false dreams;

They comfort in vain.

Therefore the people wander like sheep,

They are afflicted and suffer because there is no shepherd.