Deuteronomy 6:14
Good News Translation
Do not worship other gods, any of the gods of the peoples around you.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not follow other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who are all around you,

Contemporary English Version
Don't have anything to do with gods that are worshiped by the nations around you.

New American Bible
You shall not go after other gods, any of the gods of the surrounding peoples—

Douay-Rheims Bible
You shall not go after the strange gods of all the nations, that are round about you:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

You shall not go after the strange gods of all the nations, that are round about you:

not go

Deuteronomy 8:19 But if thou forget the Lord thy God, and follow strange gods, and serve and adore them: behold now I foretell thee that thou shalt utterly perish.

Deuteronomy 11:28 A curse, if you obey not the commandments of the Lord your God, but revolt from the way which now I shew you, and walk after strange gods which you know not.

Exodus 34:14-16 Adore not any strange god. The Lord his name is jealous, he is a jealous God. . . .

Jeremiah 25:6 And go not after strange gods to serve them, and adore them: nor provoke me to wrath by the works of your hands, and I will not afflict you.

1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

of the gods

Deuteronomy 13:7 Of all the nations round about, that are near or afar off, from one end of the earth to the other,

Context
The Greatest Commandment
13Take heed diligently lest thou forget the Lord, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and shalt serve him only, and thou shalt swear by his name. 14You shall not go after the strange gods of all the nations, that are round about you:15Because the Lord thy God is a jealous God in the midst of thee: lest at any time the wrath of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and take thee away from the face of the earth.…
Cross References
Exodus 20:3
Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.

Psalm 44:20
For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath covered us.

Jeremiah 7:6
If you oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and walk not after strange gods to your own hurt,

Jeremiah 25:6
And go not after strange gods to serve them, and adore them: nor provoke me to wrath by the works of your hands, and I will not afflict you.

Jeremiah 35:15
And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early, and sending and saying: Return ye every man from his wicked way, and make your ways good: and follow not strange gods, nor worship them, and you shall dwell in the land, which I gave you and your fathers: and you have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened to me.

Deuteronomy 6:13
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