Answer: The sins forbidden in the Third Commandment are, the not using of God’s name as is required1; and the abuse of it in an ignorant2, vain3, irreverent, profane4, superstitious5, or wicked mentioning, or otherwise using his titles, attributes6, ordinances7, or works8, by blasphemy9, perjury10; all sinful cursings11, oaths12, vows13, and lots14; violating of our oaths and vows, if lawful15; and fulfilling them, if of things unlawful16; murmuring and quarreling at17, curious prying into18, and misapplying of God’s decrees19 and providences20; misinterpreting21, misapplying22, or any way perverting the Word, or any part of it23, to profane jests24, curious or unprofitable questions, vain janglings, or the maintaining of false doctrines25; abusing it, the creatures, or anything contained under the name of God, to charms26, or sinful lusts and practices27; the maligning28, scorning29, reviling30, or anywise opposing of God’s truth, grace, and ways31; making profession of religion in hypocrisy, or for sinister ends32; being ashamed of it33, or a shame to it, by unconformable34, unwise35, unfruitful36, and offensive walking37, or backsliding from it.38
- Mal 2:2;
- Acts 17:23;
- Prov 30:9;
- Mal 1:6–7, 12; 3:14;
- 1 Sam 4:3–5; Jer 7:4, 9–10, 14, 31; Col 2:20–22;
- 2 Kgs 18:30, 35; Ex 5:2; Ps 139:20;
- Ps 50:16–17;
- Isa 5:12;
- 2 Kgs 19:22; Lev 24:11;
- Zech 5:4; 8:17;
- 1 Sam 17:43; 2 Sam 16:5;
- Jer 5:7; 23:10;
- Dt 23:18; Acts 23:12, 14;
- Esth 3:7; 9:24; Ps 22:18;
- Ps 24:4; Ezk 17:16, 18–19;
- Mk 6:26; 1 Sam 25:22, 32–34;
- Rom 9:14, 19–20;
- Dt 29:29;
- Rom 3:5, 7; 6:1–2;
- Eccl 8:11; 9:3; Ps 39;
- Mt 5:21–48;
- Ezk 13:22;
- 2 Pet 3:16; Mt 22:24–31;
- Isa 22:13; Jer 23:34, 36, 38;
- 1 Tim 1:4, 6–7; 6:4–5, 20; 2 Tim 2:14; Tit 3:9;
- Dt 18:10–14; Acts 19:13;
- 2 Tim 4:3–4; Rom 13:13–14; 1 Kgs 21:9–10; Jude 4;
- Acts 13:45; 1 Jn 3:12;
- Ps 1:1; 2 Pet 3:3;
- 1 Pet 4:4;
- Acts 13:45–46, 50; 4:18; 19:9; 1 Th 2:16; Heb 10:29;
- 2 Tim 3:5; Mt 23:14; 6:1–2,5, 16;
- Mk 8:38;
- Ps 73:14–15;
- 1 Cor 6:5–6; Eph 5:15–17;
- Isa 5:4; 2 Pet 1:8–9;
- Rom 2:23–24;
- Gal 3:1, 3; Heb 6:6