Psalms 81:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 32:12 : 12 So the Lord only was his guide, no other god was with him.
  • Isa 43:12 : 12 I gave the word, and made it clear, and there was no strange god among you: for this reason you are my witnesses, says the Lord.
  • Mal 2:11 : 11 Judah has been acting falsely, and a disgusting thing has been done in Jerusalem; for Judah has made unclean the holy place of the Lord which is dear to him, and has taken as his wife the daughter of a strange god.
  • 1 Cor 8:5-6 : 5 For though there are those who have the name of gods, in heaven or on earth, as there are a number of gods and a number of lords, 6 There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.
  • Ps 44:20 : 20 If the name of our God has gone out of our minds, or if our hands have been stretched out to a strange god,
  • Exod 20:3-5 : 3 You are to have no other gods but me. 4 You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth: 5 You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
  • Deut 6:14 : 14 Do not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about you;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 5:6-9
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    83%

    6 I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

    7 You are to have no other gods but me.

    8 You may not make for yourselves an image in the form of anything in heaven or on earth or in the waters under the earth:

    9 You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;

  • Exod 20:3-5
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    82%

    3 You are to have no other gods but me.

    4 You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:

    5 You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;

  • Deut 6:13-15
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    81%

    13 Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.

    14 Do not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about you;

    15 For the Lord your God who is with you is a God who will not let his honour be given to another; or the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, causing your destruction from the face of the earth.

  • Exod 34:14-15
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    14 For you are to be worshippers of no other god: for the Lord is a God who will not give his honour to another.

    15 So see that you make no agreement with the people of the land, and do not go after their gods, or take part in their offerings, or be guests at their feasts,

  • Lev 26:1
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    1 Do not make images of false gods, or put up an image cut in stone or a pillar or any pictured stone in your land, to give worship to it; for I am the Lord your God.

  • Exod 34:17
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    17 Make for yourselves no gods of metal.

  • Hos 13:4
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    4 But I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me.

  • Exod 23:32-33
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    32 Make no agreement with them or with their gods.

    33 Let them not go on living in your land, or they will make you do evil against me: for if you give worship to their gods, it will certainly be a cause of sin to you.

  • Lev 19:4
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    4 Do not go after false gods, and do not make metal images of gods for yourselves: I am the Lord your God.

  • Deut 12:4
    77%

    4 Do not so to the Lord your God.

  • Deut 16:22
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    22 You are not to put up stone pillars, for they are hated by the Lord your God.

  • 2 Kgs 17:35-36
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    35 And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods; you are not to give worship to them or be their servants or make them offerings:

    36 But the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt with his great power and his outstretched arm, he is your God, to whom you are to give worship and make offerings:

  • Josh 23:7
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    7 Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:

  • Exod 23:13
    76%

    13 Take note of all these things which I have said to you, and let not the names of other gods come into your minds or from your lips.

  • Jer 25:6
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    6 Do not go after other gods to be their servants and to give them worship, and do not make me angry with the work of your hands, causing evil to yourselves.

  • Exod 20:23
    75%

    23 Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.

  • Lev 22:33
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    33 Who took you out of the land of Egypt that I might be your God: I am the Lord.

  • Ps 81:10
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    10 I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food.

  • 2 Kgs 17:38
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    38 And you are to keep in memory the agreement which I have made with you; and you are to have no other gods.

  • Lev 18:2
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    2 Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.

  • Deut 4:35
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    35 All this he let you see, so that you might be certain that the Lord is God and there is no other.

  • Exod 23:24
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    24 Do not go down on your faces and give worship to their gods, or do as they do; but overcome them completely, and let their pillars be broken down.

  • Deut 4:28
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    28 There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.

  • Deut 13:7
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    7 Gods of the peoples round about you, near or far, from one end of the earth to the other;

  • Deut 10:20
    73%

    20 Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name.

  • Deut 18:9
    73%

    9 When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, do not take as your example the disgusting ways of those nations.

  • Ps 86:8
    73%

    8 There is no god like you, O Lord; there are no works like your works.

  • Deut 28:36
    73%

    36 And you, and the king whom you have put over you, will the Lord take away to a nation strange to you and to your fathers; there you will be servants to other gods of wood and stone.

  • Deut 12:30
    73%

    30 After their destruction take care that you do not go in their ways, and that you do not give thought to their gods, saying, How did these nations give worship to their gods? I will do as they did.

  • Deut 7:25
    73%

    25 The images of their gods are to be burned with fire: have no desire for the gold and silver on them, and do not take it for yourselves, for it will be a danger to you: it is a thing disgusting to the Lord your God:

  • Exod 22:20
    73%

    20 Complete destruction will come on any man who makes offerings to any other god but the Lord.

  • Mic 5:13
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    13 I will have your Asherahs pulled up from among you: and I will send destruction on your images.

  • Lev 25:38
    73%

    38 I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, that I might be your God.

  • Num 15:41
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    41 I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, so that I might be your God: I am the Lord your God.

  • Exod 30:9
    72%

    9 No strange perfume, no burned offering or meal offering, and no drink offering is to be offered on it.

  • Jer 16:20
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    20 Will a man make for himself gods which are no gods?

  • Deut 4:39
    72%

    39 So today be certain, and keep the knowledge deep in your hearts, that the Lord is God, in heaven on high and here on earth; there is no other God.

  • 1 Chr 17:20
    72%

    20 O Lord, there is no one like you, and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears.

  • Deut 17:3
    72%

    3 By becoming a servant of other gods and worshipping them or the sun or the moon or all the stars of heaven, against my orders;

  • Deut 11:16
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    16 But take care that your hearts are not turned to false ways so that you become servants and worshippers of other gods;