Psalms 81:9 · KJV
“There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.”
— Psalms 81:9
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
I {am} the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Psalms 81 — Context
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. {Meribah: or, Strife}
8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
10I {am} the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
Cross References
Isaiah 43:12
I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when {there was} no strange {god} among you: therefore ye {are} my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I {am} God.
Deuteronomy 32:12
{So} the LORD alone did lead him, and {there was} no strange god with him.
1 Corinthians 8:5-6
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
Deuteronomy 6:14
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which {are} round about you;
Exodus 20:3-5
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Malachi 2:11
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. {loved: or, ought to love}
Psalms 44:20
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;