You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you,
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You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you,
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Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 6:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 25:6 Don’t go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don’t provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; then I will do you no harm.”
- Deuteronomy 13:7 of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth—
- 1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
- Deuteronomy 8:19 It shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall surely perish.
- Deuteronomy 11:28 and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, but turn away out of the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.
- Exodus 34:14-16 for you shall worship no other god; for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. “Don’t make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice; and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute after their gods.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 6:14 Ye shall not go after other gods,…
Deu 6:14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which [are] round about you;
Ver. 14. Thou shalt not go] {See Trapp on "Exo 34:14"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Ye shall not go after other gods,.... To serve…
Ye shall not go after other gods,.... To serve and worship them, and swear by them; and which indeed are no gods, only nominal and fictitious ones; idols which are nothing in the world, and ought to have no veneration and adoration given them; to go after them is to worship them, and this is to depart from the true God, and go a whoring after false deities:
of the gods of the people which are round about you; the gods of the Edomites, Ammonites, Moabites, Philistines, and Egyptians; all of which had their peculiar deities.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. Ye shall not go after other gods]…
Verse 14. Ye shall not go after other gods] The object of religious worship among every people, whether that object be true or false, is ever considered as the pattern or exemplar to his worshippers. Christians are termed the followers of God; they take God for their pattern, and walk - act, as he does. Hence we see the meaning of the terms in this verse: Ye shall not go after - ye shall not take false gods for your patterns. The Canaanites, Greeks, Romans, c., were a most impure people, because the objects of their worship were impure, and they went after them, i. e., were like their gods. This serves to show us that such as our Redeemer is, such should we be and indeed this is the uniform language of God to man: Be ye holy, for I am holy, Le 21:8; Be ye perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect, Mt 5:48.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. Ye shall not go after other gods, etc.]…
14. Ye shall not go after other gods, etc.] only states explicitly what is implicit in the preceding verses. As it is superfluous and introduces the Pl. form into a Sg. context, it may be confidently regarded as an editorial addition. Other gods, specially characteristic of D and deuteronomic passages in the Hexateuch, occurs some 20 times; for go after other gods see Deu_8:19, Deu_11:28, Deu_13:2, Deu_28:14, etc.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Thou shalt not go after other gods.
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Thou shalt not go after other gods.
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The forbidden path
In all our hearts there is a tendency to depart from God, to forget what He commands, to go after what He forbids. This forbidden path is described.
1. It is entered by many. The path of the people, the gods of the age. Idolatry of every kind is the root and nourisher of error and superstition--the expression and epitome of human nature--the foul dishonour to God and His supremacy. Go not after other gods to serve them and to worship them (Jer_25:6).
2. It is offensive to God. It stirs up Gods anger and rouses His jealousy. Bishop Patrick observes that we never find in law or prophets, anger, or fury, or jealousy, or indignation attributed to God, but upon occasion of idolatry.
3. It is destructive in its end. Destroy thee from off the face of the earth. Idolatry corrupts the body and petrifies the heart. Like a withering mildew it overspreads the earth and blights the nations. The warning voice from above should be heard: Ye shall bear the sins of your idols, and ye shall know that I am the Lord God. (J. Wolfendale.)
Jealousy the shadow of love
All sin is a caricature of virtue, and sin never looks so shameful as when we put it beside the virtue which it caricatures. The Bible seems to attribute human passions to God. He is a jealous God, an angry God. But jealousy and anger are distortions of virtue, as the face of the man in anger is a distortion of the same face in repose. The very passions of men, rightly inspired and rightly guided, are Divine. For this very reason, wrongly caused, wrongly inspired, wrongly guided, they are the more detestable. What is worse than jealousy? Read of it in Othello. But is jealousy always wicked? Was it wicked in Elijah when, looking out upon a devastated and desolate kingdom, with Israels allegiance swept away from God, he cried out in agony of prayer to Him, I have been jealous for Thy name, O Lord of Hosts? Was it wicked in Paul when, writing to the Corinthians, who had at one time held firmly to their love for Christ, and had been swept away from their allegiance, the apostle cries out, I am filled with a godly jealousy for you? Jealousy is the shadow love casts; and the greater the love the greater the possibility of the shadow. Jealousy is the revulsion of feeling against that which assails love. And as the musician, full of keenness of ear and ecstasy of pleasure in fine music, revolts against a discord, so the soul that is rich in love and sensitive to all the pulsations of love revolts against whatsoever impinges upon and violates love. (Lyman Abbott.)
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