Deuteronomy 6:14
Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
In Context
13Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
Cross References
Exodus 20:3You shall have no other gods before Me.
Deuteronomy 5:7You shall have no other gods before Me.
Deuteronomy 11:28but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
Joshua 23:7So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.
Jeremiah 7:6if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
1 John 5:21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 6:5-17
Cautions and Precepts. ( b. c. 1451.) 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord : 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine… Read the whole commentary →