Psalms 81:9
There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
In Context
8Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
Cross References
Exodus 20:3You shall have no other gods before Me.
Deuteronomy 32:12The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.
Psalms 44:20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Isaiah 28:23Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.
Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
1 Corinthians 8:5For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
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 →