Deuteronomy 5:7

Thou shalt not have strange gods in my sight.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

In Context

6I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage

8Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any things, that are in heaven above, or that are in the earth beneath, or that abide in the waters under the earth.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:3Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.

Deuteronomy 11:16Beware lest perhaps your heart be deceived, and you depart from the Lord, and serve strange gods, and adore them:

Matthew 4:10Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written, The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve.

1 John 5:21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 5:7-23

6 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. 8 Thou shalt not make 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 waters beneath the earth: 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them… Read the whole commentary →

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