Exodus 20:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Don't bow down and worship idols. I am the LORD your God, and I demand all your love. If you reject me, I will punish your families for three or four generations.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

While David was king, there were three years in a row when the nation of Israel could not grow enough food. So David asked the LORD for help, and the LORD answered, “Saul and his family are guilty of murder, because he had the Gibeonites killed.”

2 Samuel 21:6

Give us seven of his descendants. We will hang these men near the place where the LORD is worshipped in Gibeah, the home town of Saul, the LORD's chosen king.” “I'll give them to you,” David said.

1 Kings 19:10

He answered, “LORD God All-Powerful, I've always done my best to obey you. But your people have broken their solemn promise to you. They have torn down your altars and killed all your prophets, except me. And now they are even trying to kill me!”

2 Kings 17:35

At the time when the LORD had made his solemn agreement with the people of Israel, he told them: Do not worship any other gods! Do not bow down to them or offer them a sacrifice.

2 Kings 17:41

They did worship the LORD, but they also worshipped their own idols. Their descendants did the same thing.

2 Kings 23:26

But the LORD was still furious with the people of Judah because Manasseh had done so many things to make him angry.

2 Kings 5:18

But I pray that the LORD will forgive me when I go into the temple of the god Rimmon and bow down there with the king of Syria.”

2 Kings 5:27

Because of what you've done, Naaman's leprosy will now be on you and your descendants for ever!” Suddenly, Gehazi's skin became white with leprosy, and he left.

2 Chronicles 25:14

After Amaziah had defeated the Edomite army, he returned to Jerusalem. He took with him the idols of the Edomite gods and set them up. Then he bowed down and offered them sacrifices.

2 Chronicles 7:19

But if you or any of the people of Israel disobey my laws or start worshipping foreign gods,

Job 21:19

You say, “God will punish those sinners' children in place of those sinners.” But I say, “Let him punish those sinners themselves until they really feel it.

Job 5:4

and leaving their children helpless in court.

Psalm 109:14

“Don't let the LORD forgive the sins of his parents and his ancestors.

Psalm 78:58

God demanded all their love, but they made him angry by worshipping idols.

Psalm 79:8

Don't make us pay for the sins of our ancestors. Have pity and come quickly! We are completely helpless.

Psalm 81:15

Everyone who hates me would come crawling, and that would be the end of them.

Exodus 23:24

Don't worship their gods or follow their customs. Instead, destroy their idols and shatter their stone images.

Exodus 34:14

I demand your complete loyalty—you must not worship any other god!

Proverbs 8:36

But if you don't find me, you hurt only yourself, and if you hate me, you are in love with death.

Isaiah 44:15

Some of the wood is used to make a fire for heating or for cooking. One piece is made into an idol, then the woodcarver bows down and worships it.

Isaiah 44:19

They don't have enough sense to say to themselves, “I made a fire with half of the wood and cooked my bread and meat on it. Then I made something worthless with the other half. Why worship a block of wood?”

Jeremiah 2:9

I will take you to court and accuse you and your descendants

Jeremiah 32:18

You show kindness for a thousand generations, but you also punish people for the sins of their parents. You are the LORD All-Powerful.

Ezekiel 18:19

You may wonder why a son isn't punished for the sins of his father. It is because the son does what is right and obeys my laws.

Ezekiel 18:2

Ezekiel, I hear the people of Israel using the old saying, “Sour grapes eaten by parents leave a sour taste in the mouths of their children.”

Ezekiel 20:7

I told them to get rid of their disgusting idols and not to sin by worshipping the gods of Egypt. I reminded them that I was the LORD their God,

Ezekiel 39:25

Now I will show mercy to the people of Israel and bring them back from the nations where they are living. They are Jacob's descendants, so I will bless them and show that I am holy.

Ezekiel 8:3

It reached out what seemed to be a hand and grabbed my hair. Then in my vision the LORD's Spirit lifted me into the sky and carried me to Jerusalem. The Spirit took me to the north gate of the temple's inner courtyard, where there was an idol that disgusted the LORD and made him furious.

Daniel 1:2

The Lord let Nebuchadnezzar capture Jehoiakim and take away some of the things used in God's temple. And when the king returned to Babylonia, he put these things in the temple of his own god.

Daniel 3:18

But even if he doesn't, we still won't worship your gods and the gold statue you have set up.”

Leviticus 20:5

but not me. If any of you worship Molech, I will turn against you and your entire family, and I will no longer let you belong to my people.

Leviticus 26:1

I am the LORD your God! So don't make or worship any sort of idols or images.

Leviticus 26:29

In fact, you will be so desperate for food that you will eat your own children.

Nahum 1:2

The LORD God demands loyalty. In his anger, he takes revenge on his enemies.

Numbers 14:18

that you love to show mercy and kindness. And you said that you are very patient, but that you will punish everyone guilty of doing wrong—not only them but their children and grandchildren as well.

Numbers 14:33

Your children will wander around in this desert forty years, suffering because of your sins, until all of you are dead.

Numbers 25:11

“In my anger, I would have wiped out the Israelites if Phinehas had not been faithful to me.

Matthew 4:9

The devil said to him, “I will give all this to you, if you will bow down and worship me.”

John 15:18

If the people of this world hate you, just remember that they hated me first.

John 7:7

The people of this world cannot hate you. They hate me, because I tell them that they do evil things.

John 9:2

Jesus' disciples asked, “Teacher, why was this man born blind? Was it because he or his parents sinned?”

Romans 1:30

say cruel things about others, and hate God. They are proud, conceited, and boastful, always thinking up new ways to do evil. These people don't respect their parents.

Romans 8:7

Our desires fight against God, because they do not and cannot obey God's laws.

1 Corinthians 10:22

We would make the Lord jealous if we did that. And we are not stronger than the Lord.

Deuteronomy 32:21

You worshipped worthless idols, and made me jealous and angry! Now I will send a cruel and worthless nation to make you jealous and angry.

Deuteronomy 32:41

I will take revenge on my hateful enemies. I will sharpen my sword and let it flash like lightning.

Deuteronomy 4:24

The LORD will be angry if you worship other gods, and he can be like a fire destroying everything in its path.

Deuteronomy 5:10

But if you love me and obey my laws, I will be kind to your families for thousands of generations.

Deuteronomy 5:9

Don't bow down and worship idols. I am the LORD your God, and I demand all your love. If you reject me and worship idols, I will punish your families for three or four generations.

Deuteronomy 6:15

If you worship other gods, the LORD will be furious and wipe you off the face of the earth. The LORD your God is with you,

Deuteronomy 7:10

But if you turn against the LORD, he will quickly destroy you.

James 4:4

You people aren't faithful to God! Don't you know that if you love the world, you are God's enemies? And if you decide to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.

Joshua 23:7

Don't have anything to do with the nations that live around you. Don't worship their gods or pray to their idols or make promises in the names of their gods.

Joshua 24:19

Joshua said: The LORD is fearsome; he is the one true God, and I don't think you are able to worship and obey him in the ways he demands. You would have to be completely faithful, and if you sin or rebel, he won't let you get away with it.

Judges 2:19

But afterwards, the Israelites would become even more sinful than their ancestors had been. The Israelites were stubborn—they simply would not stop worshipping other gods or following the teachings of other religions.