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Selected Verse: Exodus 23:13 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ex 23:13 |
Strong Concordance |
And in all things that I have said [0559] unto you be circumspect [08104]: and make no mention [02142] of the name [08034] of other [0312] gods [0430], neither let it be heard [08085] out [05921] of thy mouth [06310]. |
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King James |
And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| make no mention of the name of other gods, &c.--that is, in common conversation, for a familiar use of them would tend to lessen horror of idolatry. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Compare Deu 4:9; Jos 22:5; Eph 5:15. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| In all things that I have said unto you be circumspect - We are in danger of missing our way on the right hand and on the left, and it is at our peril if we do, therefore we have need to look about us. A man may ruin himself through mere carelessness, but he cannot save himself without great care and circumspection; particularly since idolatry was a sin they were much addicted to, and would be greatly tempted to, they must endeavour to blot out the remembrance of the gods of the heathen, and must disuse all their superstitious forms of speech, and never mention them but with detestation. In Christian schools and academies (for it is in vain to think of re - forming the play - houses) it were to be wished that the names and stories of the heathen deities or demons rather were not so commonly and familiarly used. |
15 See [991] then [3767] that [4459] ye walk [4043] circumspectly [199], not [3361] as [5613] fools [781], but [235] as [5613] wise [4680],
5 But take diligent [03966] heed [08104] to do [06213] the commandment [04687] and the law [08451], which Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068] charged [06680] you, to love [0157] the LORD [03068] your God [0430], and to walk [03212] in all his ways [01870], and to keep [08104] his commandments [04687], and to cleave [01692] unto him, and to serve [05647] him with all your heart [03824] and with all your soul [05315].
9 Only take heed [08104] to thyself, and keep [08104] thy soul [05315] diligently [03966], lest thou forget [07911] the things [01697] which thine eyes [05869] have seen [07200], and lest they depart [05493] from thy heart [03824] all the days [03117] of thy life [02416]: but teach [03045] them thy sons [01121], and thy sons [01121]' sons [01121];