ON “TAKING (SOMEONE’S) NAME IN VAIN”
Deriding somebody or talking about them despite their good faith. The third of the Commandments, this necessitates God’s name and character be treated with reverence and respect. “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.” Exodus 20:7 KJV see also Deuteronomy 5:11