Exodus 20:3
You shall not have strange gods before me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
In Context
2“I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, out of the house of servitude.
Cross References
Exodus 15:11Who is like you in strength, O Lord? Who is like you: magnificent in sanctity, terrible and yet praiseworthy, accomplishing miracles?
Exodus 22:19Whoever has sexual intercourse with an animal shall be put to death.
Deuteronomy 5:7You shall not have strange gods in my sight.
Deuteronomy 6:14You shall not go after the strange gods of all the Gentiles, who are around you.
Judges 6:10And I said: I am the Lord your God. You shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live. But you were not willing to listen to my voice.’”
2 Kings 17:29And each of the nations made gods of their own, and they placed them in the shrines of the high places, which the Samaritans had made: nation after nation, in their cities in which 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 →