Deuteronomy 13:8
Do not be guided by him or give attention to him; have no pity on him or mercy, and give him no cover;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
7Gods of the peoples round about you, near or far, from one end of the earth to the other;
Cross References
Exodus 20:3You are to have no other gods but me.
Deuteronomy 19:13Have no pity on him, so that Israel may be clear from the crime of putting a man to death without cause, and it will be well for you.
Deuteronomy 32:17They made offerings to evil spirits which were not God, to gods who were strange to them, which had newly come up, not feared by your fathers.
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.
Ezekiel 9:5And to these he said in my hearing, Go through the town after him using your axes: do not let your eyes have mercy, and have no pity:
1 John 5:21My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 13:7-12
6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither… Read the whole commentary →