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

Exodus 15:11 Who is like to thee, among the strong, O Lord? who is like to thee, glorious in holiness, terrible and praise-worthy, doing wonders?

Deuteronomy 5:7 Thou shalt not have strange gods in my sight.

Deuteronomy 6:5,14 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength. . . .

Joshua 24:18-24 And he hath cast out all the nations, the Amorrhite the inhabitant of the land into which we are come. Therefore we will serve the Lord, for he is our God. . . .

2 Kings 17:29-35 And every nation made gods of their own and put them in the temples of the high places, which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities where they dwelt. . . .

Psalm 29:2 Bring to the Lord glory and honour: bring to the Lord glory to his name: adore ye the Lord in his holy court.

Psalm 73:25 For what have I in heaven? and besides thee what do I desire upon earth?

Psalm 81:9 there shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.

Isaiah 26:4 You have hoped in the Lord for evermore, in the Lord God mighty for ever.

Isaiah 43:10 You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know, and believe me, and understand that I myself am. Before me there was no God formed, and after me there shall be none.

Isaiah 44:8 Fear ye not, neither be ye troubled from that time I have made thee to hear, and have declared: you are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me, a maker, whom I have not known?

Isaiah 45:21,22 Tell ye, and come, and consult together: who hath declared this from the beginning, who hath foretold this from that time? Have not I the Lord, and there is no God else besides me? A just God and a saviour, there is none besides me. . . .

Isaiah 46:9 Remember this, and be ashamed: return, ye transgressors, to the heart.

Jeremiah 25:6 And go not after strange gods to serve them, and adore them: nor provoke me to wrath by the works of your hands, and I will not afflict you.

Jeremiah 35:15 And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early, and sending and saying: Return ye every man from his wicked way, and make your ways good: and follow not strange gods, nor worship them, and you shall dwell in the land, which I gave you and your fathers: and you have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened to me.

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

1 Corinthians 8:4,6 But as for the meats that are sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world and that there is no God but one. . . .

Ephesians 5:5 For know you this and understand: That no fornicator or unclean or covetous person (which is a serving of idols) hath inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Philippians 3:19 Whose end is destruction: whose God is their belly: and whose glory is in their shame: who mind earthly things.

Colossians 2:18 Let no man seduce you, willing in humility and religion of angels, walking in the things which he hath not seen, in vain puffed up by the sense of his flesh:

1 John 5:20,21 And we know that the Son of God is come. And he hath given us understanding that we may know the true God and may be in his true Son. This is the true God and life eternal. . . .

Revelation 19:10 And I fell down before his feet, to adore him. And he saith to me: See thou do it not. I am thy fellow servant and of thy brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Adore God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

Revelation 22:9 And he said to me: See thou do it not. For I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets and of them that keep the words of the prophecy of this book. Adore God.

Context
The Ten Commandments
2I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.4Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth.…
Cross References
Exodus 15:11
Who is like to thee, among the strong, O Lord? who is like to thee, glorious in holiness, terrible and praise-worthy, doing wonders?

Exodus 20:23
You shall not make gods of silver, nor shall you make to yourselves gods of gold.

Exodus 32:8
They have quickly strayed from the way which thou didst shew them: and they have made to themselves a molten calf, and have adored it, and sacrificing victims to it, have said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 34:14
Adore not any strange god. The Lord his name is jealous, he is a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 5:7
Thou shalt not have strange gods in my sight.

Deuteronomy 6:14
You shall not go after the strange gods of all the nations, that are round about you:

2 Kings 17:35
With whom he made a covenant, and charged them, saying: You shall not fear strange gods, nor shall you adore them, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them.

Psalm 81:9
there shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.

Isaiah 42:8
I the Lord, this is my name: I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things.

Jeremiah 7:9
To steal, to murder, to commit adultery, to swear falsely, to offer to Baalim, and to go after strange gods, which you know not.

Jeremiah 25:6
And go not after strange gods to serve them, and adore them: nor provoke me to wrath by the works of your hands, and I will not afflict you.

Jeremiah 35:15
And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early, and sending and saying: Return ye every man from his wicked way, and make your ways good: and follow not strange gods, nor worship them, and you shall dwell in the land, which I gave you and your fathers: and you have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened to me.

Hosea 13:4
But I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt: and thou shalt know no God but me, and there is no saviour beside me.

Lexicon
You
לְךָ֛֩‪‬ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

shall have
יִהְיֶֽה־ (yih·yeh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

no
לֹֽ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

other
אֲחֵרִ֖֜ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 312: Hinder, next, other

gods
אֱלֹהִ֥֨ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

before
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Me.
פָּנָֽ֗יַ‪‬ (pā·nā·ya)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face


Additional Translations
You shall have no other gods before Me.You shall have no other gods before me.

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Thou shalt have no other gods beside me.

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

"You shall have no other gods before me.

'Thou hast no other Gods before Me.
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