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Deuteronomy 5:7

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Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
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  1. Exodus 20:3Rank 1 from verse 7
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    3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

  2. Matthew 4:10Rank 2 from verse 7
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    10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

  3. 1 John 5:21Rank 3 from verse 7
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    21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

  4. John 5:23Rank 4 from verse 7
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    23That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

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Deuteronomy 5:7

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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6¶ I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

7Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

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8Thou shalt not make 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 waters beneath the earth:

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