"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name." (Matthew 6:9)

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Old Testament

Deuteronomy 6:4

 

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!"

Isaiah 42:8   

"I am the Lord, that is My name."  

Exodus 20:7  

"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain."

Isaiah 9:6  

Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given.... And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Might God, Everlasting father, Prince of Peace.

The New Testament

Matthew 1:23   

"Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us." 

Luke 2:11  

"There is born to you this day...a Savior, who is Christ the Lord." 

Matthew 18:20  

"Where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them."

Matthew 6:9  

"In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name."

Revelation 1:8  

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "Who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

The Heavenly Doctrines

Apocalypse Explained 957:3  

The idea of God is the primary of all ideas. For such as this idea is such is a person's communication with heaven and his conjunction with the Lord.

True Christian Religion 298  

Taking the name of God in vain means using anything from this source in idle talk, false statements, lies, curses, witchcraft and spells; for this is slandering and blaspheming God, and so His name.