Popular Bible Verses from Exodus 20

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I am the LORD your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt where you were slaves. Do not worship any god except me.

Do not make idols that look like anything in the sky or on earth or in the ocean under the earth. 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.

Respect your father and your mother, and you will live a long time in the land I am giving you.

Remember that the Sabbath Day belongs to me.

Do not misuse my name. I am the LORD your God, and I will punish anyone who misuses my name.

You have six days when you can do your work, but the seventh day of each week belongs to me, your God. No one is to work on that day—not you, your children, your slaves, your animals, or the foreigners who live in your towns.

Do not desire to possess anything that belongs to another person—not a house, a wife, a husband, a slave, an ox, a donkey, or anything else.

Do not tell lies about others.

Be faithful in marriage.

Do not murder.

Do not steal.