Exodus 23:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.”
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“Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and in all that which I have said unto you ye do take heed; and the name of other gods ye do not mention; it is not heard on thy mouth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 23:13 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 32:38as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.
- Deuteronomy 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
- Deuteronomy 4:15So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful
- Deuteronomy 6:1These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
- Deuteronomy 12:3Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.
- Joshua 22:5But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
- Joshua 23:7So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.
- Joshua 23:11Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.
- 1 Chronicles 28:7I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’
- 1 Chronicles 28:8So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.
- Psalms 16:4Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.
- Psalms 39:1I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
- Jeremiah 10:11Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
- Hosea 2:17For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
- Zechariah 13:2And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
- Ephesians 5:12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
- Ephesians 5:15Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
- 1 Timothy 4:16Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
- Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
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