Deuteronomy 6:14

Do not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about you;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;

In Context

13Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.

15For the Lord your God who is with you is a God who will not let his honour be given to another; or the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, causing your destruction from the face of the earth.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:3You are to have no other gods but me.

Deuteronomy 5:7You are to have no other gods but me.

Deuteronomy 11:28And the curse if you do not give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, but let yourselves be turned from the way which I have put before you this day, and go after other gods which are not yours.

Joshua 23:7Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:

Jeremiah 7:6If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

1 John 5:21My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 6:5-17

Cautions and Precepts. ( b. c. 1451.) 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord : 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine… Read the whole commentary →

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