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Exodus 20:3-5 KJV
Exodus · chapter 20 · verses 3–5 · King James Version
3Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4Thou 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: 5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;Exodus 20:3-5 · King James Version
Exodus 20:3-5 in context
1And God spake all these words, saying,
2I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4Thou 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:
5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Cross references
- Deuteronomy 5:7
- Matthew 4:10
- Psalms 81:9
- Isaiah 46:9
- Deuteronomy 6:5
- Deuteronomy 6:14
- Jeremiah 25:6
- Joshua 24:18-24
- Deuteronomy 5:8
- Leviticus 26:1
- Deuteronomy 4:15-19
- Psalms 97:7
Key words (Strong's)
- likenesstᵉmûwnâhsomething portioned out, as ashapeH8544 →
- visitingpâqadto visitH6485 →
- iniquityʻâvônperversityH5771 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- jealousqannâʼjealousH7067 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- imagepeçelan idolH6459 →
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