Exodus 20:3
You must not have any other gods except me.
Free Bible 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 out of Egypt, out of the land of your slavery.
Cross References
Exodus 15:11Who is like you among the gods, Lord? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, awesome in wonder, doing miracles?
Exodus 22:19Anyone who has sex with an animal must be executed.
Deuteronomy 5:7You must not have any other gods except me.
Deuteronomy 6:14Don't worship any other gods, the gods of the peoples around you,
Judges 6:10I warned you: I am the Lord your God. You must not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you're now living.’ But you didn't listen to me.”
2 Kings 17:29But the people of the different nations went on making their own gods in the towns where they had settled, and they placed them in the shrines of the high places that the people of Samaria had made.
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 →