Deuteronomy 5:8

World English Bible (2000)

"You shall not make an engraved image for yourself, [nor] 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:

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:4 : 4 "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:
  • Deut 4:15-19 : 15 Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no kind of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire. 16 Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself an engraved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky, 18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; 19 and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.

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  • Exod 20:3-5
    3 verses
    96%

    3"You shall have no other gods before me.

    4"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:

    5you 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,

  • Deut 5:6-7
    2 verses
    84%

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

    7"You shall have no other gods before me.

  • Lev 26:1
    84%

    1"'You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am Yahweh your God.

  • Deut 4:15-19
    5 verses
    82%

    15Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no kind of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire.

    16Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself an engraved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

    17the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,

    18the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;

    19and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.

  • Deut 16:21-22
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    81%

    21You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make for yourselves.

    22Neither shall you set yourself up a pillar; which Yahweh your God hates.

  • Deut 4:23
    80%

    23Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make you an engraved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.

  • Exod 34:17
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    17"You shall make no cast idols for yourselves.

  • Deut 5:9
    80%

    9you shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them; for I, Yahweh, your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me;

  • Exod 20:23
    80%

    23You shall most certainly not make alongside of me gods of silver, or gods of gold for yourselves.

  • Deut 7:25-26
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    78%

    25You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

    26You shall not bring an abomination into your house, and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.

  • Mic 5:13
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    13I will cut off your engraved images and your pillars out of your midst; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands.

  • Lev 19:4
    77%

    4"'Don't turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.

  • Deut 4:25
    77%

    25When you shall father children, and children's children, and you shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make an engraved image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, to provoke him to anger;

  • Deut 12:4
    76%

    4You shall not do so to Yahweh your God.

  • Deut 27:15
    76%

    15'Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' All the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.'

  • Ps 81:9
    76%

    9There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

  • Deut 5:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11"You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain: for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

    12"Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you.

  • Exod 23:24
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    24You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.

  • Deut 6:14-15
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    75%

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

    15for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.

  • Exod 34:14
    74%

    14for you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

  • Isa 44:9-10
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    74%

    9Everyone who makes an engraved image is vain. The things that they delight in will not profit. Their own witnesses don't see, nor know, that they may be disappointed.

    10Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?

  • Exod 20:7-8
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    74%

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

    8"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

  • Exod 23:32
    73%

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

  • Isa 17:8
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    8They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the incense altars.

  • Deut 5:17-20
    4 verses
    73%

    17"You shall not murder.

    18"Neither shall you commit adultery.

    19"Neither shall you steal.

    20"Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Deut 4:28
    72%

    28There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

  • Exod 20:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    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 is your neighbor's."

  • Jer 25:6
    72%

    6and 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.

  • Num 33:52
    72%

    52then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured [stones], and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:

  • Isa 40:18
    72%

    18To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?

  • Lev 19:28
    72%

    28"'You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
    71%

    35with whom Yahweh had made a covenant, and commanded them, saying, "You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;

  • Exod 20:25
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    25If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.