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Exodus 20:4-6 KJV
Exodus · chapter 20 · verses 4–6 · King James Version
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.Exodus 20:4-6 · King James Version
Exodus 20:4-6 in context
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.
8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Cross references
- Deuteronomy 5:8
- Leviticus 26:1
- Deuteronomy 4:15-19
- Psalms 97:7
- Leviticus 19:4
- Revelation 16:2
- Acts 17:29
- Deuteronomy 27:15
- Deuteronomy 5:9
- Numbers 14:18
- Deuteronomy 4:24
- Exodus 34:14
Key words (Strong's)
- thousandsʼelephhence a thousandH505 →
- 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 →
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