Bible Verses about “having other gods”
The Bible contains 16 verses about having other gods across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;”
“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:”
“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”
“And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.”
“For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name [is] Jealous, [is] a jealous God:”
“Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful [in] praises, doing wonders?”
“Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, [even] these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:”
“Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out [any of] these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.”
“That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:”
“And, behold, this day I [am] going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, [and] not one thing hath failed thereof.”
“When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.”
“But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.”
“For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but [as for] you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.”
“One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he [it is] that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.”
“¶ Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.”
“Therefore it shall come to pass, [that] as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.”