Psalms 81:9
There shall no strange God be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreign God.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
In Context
8Hear, my people, and I will testify unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
Cross References
Exodus 20:3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Deuteronomy 32:12So Jehovah alone did lead him, And no strange God [was] with him.
Psalms 44:20If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange God,
Isaiah 28:23Give ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
Hosea 4:1Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; for there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
1 Corinthians 8:5For and if indeed there are [those] called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there are gods many, and lords many,)
Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:9-16
Expostulation with Israel. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened… Read the whole commentary →