Psalms 81:9
There shall no strange god be in thee, nor shall thou worship any foreign god.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
In Context
8Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee, O Israel, if thou would hearken to me!
Cross References
Exodus 20:3Thou shall have no other gods before me.
Deuteronomy 32:12LORD alone led him, and there was no foreign god with him.
Psalms 44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god,
Isaiah 28:23Give ye ear, and hear my voice, hearken, and hear my speech.
Hosea 4:1Hear the word of LORD, ye sons of Israel, for LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
1 Corinthians 8:5For also since there are things called gods, whether in heaven or on the earth, as there are many gods and many lords,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:9-16
Expostulation with Israel. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened… Read the whole commentary →