World English Bible
Exodus 20:3
“You shall have no other gods before me.”
Exodus 20:3 in the King James Version
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Verse in context — Exodus 20
God spoke all these words, saying,
I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
You shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
Cross references for Exodus 20:3
- Deuteronomy 5:7
You shall have no other gods before me.
- Matthew 4:10
Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.
- Psalms 81:9
There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.
- Isaiah 46:9
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me;
- Deuteronomy 6:14
You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you;
- Deuteronomy 6:5
and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
- Jeremiah 25:6
and don't go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don't provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.
- Joshua 24:18-24
Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our God." Joshua said to the people, "You can't serve Yahweh; for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God...
- Jeremiah 35:15
I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and don't go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land whic...
- 1 John 5:20-21
We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from ido...
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About Exodus
God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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