Exodus 34:14
Do not be willing to worship any strange god. The jealous Lord is his name. God is a rival.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
In Context
13But destroy their altars, break their statues, and cut down their sacred groves.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5You shall not adore them, nor shall you worship them. I am the Lord your God: strong, zealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
Exodus 34:5And when the Lord had descended in a cloud, Moses stood with him, calling upon the name of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 5:7You shall not have strange gods in my sight.
Deuteronomy 6:15For the Lord your God is a jealous God in your midst. Otherwise, at some time, the fury of the Lord your God may be enraged against you, and he may take you away from the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 32:16They provoked him with strange gods, and they stirred him to anger by their abominations.
Joshua 24:19And Joshua said to the people: “You will not be able to serve the Lord. For he is a holy and powerful God, and he is jealous, and he will not ignore your wickedness and sins.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 34:11-18
A Caution Against Idolatry. ( b. c. 1491.) 10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the Lord : for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. 11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12 Take heed to… Read the whole commentary →