Deuteronomy 5:8
You must not make for yourself an image of anything in heaven above, on earth below, or in the waters beneath.
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Referenced Verses
- Exod 20:4 : 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.
- Deut 4:15-19 : 15 The Nature of Israel’s God Be very careful, then, because you saw no form at the time the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire. 16 I say this so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female, 17 any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky, 18 anything that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters of the earth. 19 When you look up to the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars– the whole heavenly creation– you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, for the LORD your God has assigned them to all the people of the world.
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- Exod 20:3-53 verses96%
3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.
5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
- Deut 5:6-72 verses84%
6 The Ten Commandments“I am the LORD your God, he who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the place of slavery.
7 You must not have any other gods besides me.
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1 Exhortation to Obedience“‘You must not make for yourselves idols, so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before it, for I am the LORD your God.
- Deut 4:15-195 verses82%
15 The Nature of Israel’s God Be very careful, then, because you saw no form at the time the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire.
16 I say this so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female,
17 any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky,
18 anything that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters of the earth.
19 When you look up to the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars– the whole heavenly creation– you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, for the LORD your God has assigned them to all the people of the world.
- Deut 16:21-222 verses81%
21 Examples of Legal Cases You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole near the altar of the LORD your God which you build for yourself.
22 You must not erect a sacred pillar, a thing the LORD your God detests.
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23 Be on guard so that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he has made with you, and that you do not make an image of any kind, just as he has forbidden you.
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17 You must not make yourselves molten gods.
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9 You must not worship or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God. I punish the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons for the sin of the fathers who reject me,
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23 You must not make gods of silver alongside me, nor make gods of gold for yourselves.
- Deut 7:25-262 verses78%
25 You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the LORD your God.
26 You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house and thereby become an object of divine wrath along with it. You must absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is an object of divine wrath.
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13 I will remove your idols and sacred pillars from your midst; you will no longer worship what your own hands made.
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4 Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the LORD your God.
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25 Threat and Blessing following Covenant Disobedience After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind and do other evil things before the LORD your God that enrage him,
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4 You must not worship the LORD your God the way they worship.
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15 ‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image– something abhorrent to the LORD, the work of the craftsman– and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
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9 There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.
- Deut 5:11-122 verses75%
11 You must not make use of the name of the LORD your God for worthless purposes, for the LORD will not exonerate anyone who abuses his name that way.
12 Be careful to observe the Sabbath day just as the LORD your God has commanded you.
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24 “You must not bow down to their gods; you must not serve them or do according to their practices. Instead you must completely overthrow them and smash their standing stones to pieces.
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14 You must not go after other gods, those of the surrounding peoples,
15 for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.
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14 For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
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9 All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.
10 Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?
- Exod 20:7-82 verses74%
7 “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.
8 “Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy.
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32 “You must make no covenant with them or with their gods.
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8 They will no longer trust in the altars their hands made, or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made.
- Deut 5:17-204 verses73%
17 You must not murder.
18 You must not commit adultery.
19 You must not steal.
20 You must not offer false testimony against another.
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28 There you will worship gods made by human hands– wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.
- Exod 20:16-172 verses72%
16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
17 “You 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 belongs to your neighbor.”
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6 Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship and serve them. Do not make me angry by the things that you do. Then I will not cause you any harm.’
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52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places.
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18 To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?
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28 You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the LORD.
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35 The LORD made a covenant with them and instructed them,“You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them.
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25 If you make me an altar of stone, you must not build it of stones shaped with tools, for if you use your tool on it you have defiled it.