Exodus 20:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall have no other gods before Me.

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  • Deut 5:7 : 7 You shall have no other gods before me.
  • Deut 6:5 : 5 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.
  • Deut 6:14 : 14 You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people who are all around you;
  • Ps 81:9 : 9 There shall be no strange god among you; nor shall you worship any foreign god.
  • Jer 25:6 : 6 And do not go after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and do not provoke me to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no harm.'
  • Jer 35:15 : 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 do not go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.
  • Matt 4:10 : 10 Then Jesus said to him, Go away, Satan, for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and only him shall you serve.
  • Isa 46:9 : 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,
  • Ps 73:25 : 25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside You.
  • Isa 44:8 : 8 Fear not, nor be afraid: have not I told you from that time, and have declared it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed, there is no other God; I know not any.
  • Isa 26:4 : 4 Trust in the LORD forever, for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.
  • Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
  • Eph 5:5 : 5 For this you know, that no sexually immoral, unclean, or greedy person, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
  • 1 John 5:20-21 : 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may 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. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
  • Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said to me, See that you do it not: I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
  • Rev 22:9 : 9 Then he said to me, See that you do not do it: for I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their mind on earthly things.
  • Col 2:18 : 18 Let no one beguile you of your reward in a false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
  • 1 Cor 8:6 : 6 Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through Him we live.
  • Exod 20:23 : 23 You shall not make anything to be with Me—gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.
  • Isa 43:10 : 10 You are My witnesses, says the LORD, and My servant whom I have chosen: that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He: before Me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after Me.
  • Josh 24:18-24 : 18 And the LORD drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites who lived in the land: therefore we will also serve the LORD; for he is our God. 19 And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve the LORD: for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins. 20 If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after he has done you good. 21 And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve the LORD. 22 And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. 23 Now therefore put away, said he, the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel. 24 And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
  • 2 Kgs 17:29-35 : 29 However, every nation made gods of their own and put them in the shrines of the high places which the Samaritans had made, each nation in the cities where they lived. 30 The men of Babylon made Succoth-Benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima, 31 and the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak; the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 32 They feared the LORD and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places. 33 They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods, in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away. 34 To this day they continue practicing their former habits: they do not fear the LORD, nor do they follow his statutes, or his ordinances, or the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel. 35 The LORD made a covenant with them, and commanded them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them.
  • Ps 29:2 : 2 Give to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
  • Isa 45:21-22 : 21 Declare and bring them near; indeed, let them take counsel together: who has declared this from ancient times? who has told it from that time? have not I, the LORD? and there is no other God besides Me; a just God and a Savior; there is none besides Me. 22 Look to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.
  • 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 Therefore, concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 5:6-9
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    95%

    6I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

    7You shall have no other gods before me.

    8You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

    9You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

  • Exod 20:4-5
    2 verses
    85%

    4You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

    5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.

  • Exod 20:23
    82%

    23You shall not make anything to be with Me—gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.

  • Ps 81:9
    82%

    9There shall be no strange god among you; nor shall you worship any foreign god.

  • Exod 20:1-2
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    81%

    1And God spoke all these words, saying,

    2I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

  • Lev 26:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1You shall make no idols nor carved image, neither set up a standing image, nor shall you set up any image of stone in your land to bow down to it: for I am the LORD your God.

    2You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

  • Lev 19:4
    81%

    4Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

  • Exod 34:17
    80%

    17You shall make no molten gods for yourself.

  • Exod 34:14
    80%

    14For you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

  • Deut 6:13-15
    3 verses
    80%

    13You shall fear the LORD your God and serve him, and shall swear by his name.

    14You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people who are all around you;

    15(For the LORD your God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD your God be kindled against you, and destroy you from the face of the earth.

  • Hos 13:4
    78%

    4Yet I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, and you shall know no god but me: for there is no savior besides me.

  • Deut 12:4
    76%

    4You shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

  • Exod 20:7-9
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    76%

    7You 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.

    8Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

    9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

  • Lev 18:2
    76%

    2Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 16:22
    76%

    22Neither shall you set up for yourself any image, which the LORD your God hates.

  • Lev 22:33
    76%

    33Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.

  • Exod 23:32
    76%

    32You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

  • 2 Kgs 17:35-38
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    76%

    35The LORD made a covenant with them, and commanded them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them.

    36But the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm, him shall you fear, and him shall you worship, and to him shall you offer sacrifice.

    37The statutes, the ordinances, the law, and the commandment which he wrote for you, you shall be careful to observe forever; and you shall not fear other gods.

    38The covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget; nor shall you fear other gods.

  • Exod 20:13-17
    5 verses
    76%

    13You shall not murder.

    14You shall not commit adultery.

    15You shall not steal.

    16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

    17You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.

  • Jer 25:6
    75%

    6And do not go after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and do not provoke me to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no harm.'

  • Exod 23:24
    75%

    24You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.

  • Deut 6:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

    5And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.

  • Deut 17:3
    74%

    3and has gone and served other gods and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,

  • Deut 10:20
    74%

    20You shall fear the LORD your God; him you shall serve, and to him you shall hold fast, and swear by his name.

  • Deut 4:35
    74%

    35It was shown to you, that you might know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.

  • Deut 4:39
    73%

    39Know therefore this day, and consider it in your heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

  • Deut 4:23
    73%

    23Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make for yourselves a carved image, or the likeness of anything, which the LORD your God has forbidden you.

  • Ezek 20:7
    73%

    7Then I said to them, Cast away every man the abominations of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

  • Exod 22:20
    73%

    20He who sacrifices to any god, except to the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.

  • Exod 23:13
    73%

    13And in all that I have said to you, be circumspect and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let them be heard from your mouth.

  • Jer 16:20
    73%

    20Shall a man make gods for himself, which are not gods?

  • Num 15:41
    72%

    41I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.