Deuteronomy 6:14 · KJV
“Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which {are} round about you;”
— Deuteronomy 6:14
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
(For the LORD thy God {is} a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 6 — Context
{Then} beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. {bondage: Heb. bondmen or, servants}
13Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which {are} round about you;
15(For the LORD thy God {is} a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
16Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted {him} in Massah.
Cross References
Jeremiah 25:6
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
1 John 5:21
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
Deuteronomy 13:7
{Namely}, of the gods of the people which {are} round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the {one} end of the earth even unto the {other} end of the earth;
Deuteronomy 8:19
And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
Deuteronomy 11:28
And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
Exodus 34:14-16
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name {is} Jealous, {is} a jealous God: