Exodus 20:3
You are to have no other gods but me.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
In Context
2I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
Cross References
Exodus 15:11Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? who is like you, in holy glory, to be praised with fear, doing wonders?
Exodus 22:19Any man who has sex connection with a beast is to be put to death.
Deuteronomy 5:7You are to have no other gods but me.
Deuteronomy 6:14Do not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about you;
Judges 6:10And I said to you, I am the Lord your God; you are not to give worship to the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but you did not give ear to my voice.
2 Kings 17:29And every nation made gods for themselves, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in the towns where they were living.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:2-12
The Ten Commandments. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the… Read the whole commentary →