Exodus 20
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1And God spake all these words, saying,
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2I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
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3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
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4Thou 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:
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5Thou 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;
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6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
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7Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
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8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
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9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
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10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
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11For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
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12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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13Thou shalt not kill.
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14Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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15Thou shalt not steal.
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16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
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18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
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19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
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20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
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21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
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22And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
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23Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
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24An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
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25And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
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26Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
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Exodus 20:1
Deuteronomy 5:22¶ These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the mids...Deuteronomy 5:4The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,Deuteronomy 4:36Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and u...Acts 7:38This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake...Deuteronomy 4:33Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as...
Exodus 20:2
Deuteronomy 5:6¶ I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the h...Hosea 13:4Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but...Leviticus 26:13I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that y...Psalms 81:10I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mou...Exodus 13:3¶ And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from E...
Exodus 20:3
Deuteronomy 5:7Thou shalt have none other gods before me.Matthew 4:10Then saith Jesus unto him,Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt w...Psalms 81:9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange go...Isaiah 46:9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am Go...Deuteronomy 6:5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul...
Exodus 20:4
Leviticus 26:1Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing imag...Deuteronomy 5:8Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is...Deuteronomy 4:15Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude...Psalms 97:7Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols:...Leviticus 19:4¶ Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your...
Exodus 20:5
Numbers 14:18The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgress...Deuteronomy 5:9Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy Go...Deuteronomy 4:24For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.Exodus 34:14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a j...Joshua 24:19And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God...
Exodus 20:6
Deuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth...John 14:21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he...1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments...Jeremiah 32:39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for...Acts 2:39For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off,...
Exodus 20:7
Deuteronomy 5:11Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not...Leviticus 19:12¶ And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name...James 5:12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the...Matthew 5:33¶ Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt no...Psalms 50:14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
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Leviticus 26:2¶ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.Leviticus 19:3¶ Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am...Exodus 31:13Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall...Genesis 2:3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had re...Leviticus 23:3Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy...
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Luke 13:14And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had...Exodus 23:12Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that th...Exodus 34:21¶ Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing ti...Leviticus 23:3Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy...Exodus 35:2Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an hol...
Exodus 20:10
Deuteronomy 5:14But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do...Exodus 34:21¶ Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing ti...Numbers 15:32¶ And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that...Exodus 16:27¶ And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day...Deuteronomy 24:14¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be...
Exodus 20:11
Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on th...Exodus 31:17It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the...Mark 2:27And he said unto them,The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:Psalms 95:4In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his a...
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Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.Colossians 3:20Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lo...Deuteronomy 5:16¶ Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; tha...Mark 7:10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or m...Proverbs 23:22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is...
Cross References
Exodus 20:1
Deuteronomy 5:22¶ These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the mids...Deuteronomy 5:4The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,Deuteronomy 4:36Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and u...Acts 7:38This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake...Deuteronomy 4:33Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as...
Exodus 20:2
Deuteronomy 5:6¶ I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the h...Hosea 13:4Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but...Leviticus 26:13I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that y...Psalms 81:10I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mou...Exodus 13:3¶ And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from E...
Exodus 20:3
Deuteronomy 5:7Thou shalt have none other gods before me.Matthew 4:10Then saith Jesus unto him,Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt w...Psalms 81:9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange go...Isaiah 46:9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am Go...Deuteronomy 6:5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul...
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Leviticus 26:1Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing imag...Deuteronomy 5:8Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is...Deuteronomy 4:15Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude...Psalms 97:7Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols:...Leviticus 19:4¶ Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your...
Exodus 20:5
Numbers 14:18The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgress...Deuteronomy 5:9Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy Go...Deuteronomy 4:24For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.Exodus 34:14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a j...Joshua 24:19And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God...
Exodus 20:6
Deuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth...John 14:21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he...1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments...Jeremiah 32:39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for...Acts 2:39For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off,...
Exodus 20:7
Deuteronomy 5:11Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not...Leviticus 19:12¶ And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name...James 5:12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the...Matthew 5:33¶ Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt no...Psalms 50:14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
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Leviticus 26:2¶ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.Leviticus 19:3¶ Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am...Exodus 31:13Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall...Genesis 2:3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had re...Leviticus 23:3Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy...
Exodus 20:9
Luke 13:14And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had...Exodus 23:12Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that th...Exodus 34:21¶ Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing ti...Leviticus 23:3Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy...Exodus 35:2Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an hol...
Exodus 20:10
Deuteronomy 5:14But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do...Exodus 34:21¶ Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing ti...Numbers 15:32¶ And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that...Exodus 16:27¶ And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day...Deuteronomy 24:14¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be...
Exodus 20:11
Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on th...Exodus 31:17It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the...Mark 2:27And he said unto them,The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:Psalms 95:4In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his a...
Exodus 20:12
Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.Colossians 3:20Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lo...Deuteronomy 5:16¶ Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; tha...Mark 7:10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or m...Proverbs 23:22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is...