Exodus 20:3
You shall have no other gods before Me.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
In Context
2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Cross References
Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
Exodus 22:19Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.
Deuteronomy 5:7You shall have no other gods before Me.
Deuteronomy 6:14Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
Judges 6:10And I said to you: ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you did not obey Me.”
2 Kings 17:29Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
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 →