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'Other Gods' in the Bible

Do not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about you;

For through them your sons will be turned from me to the worship of other gods: and the Lord will be moved to wrath against you and send destruction on you quickly.

And it is certain that if at any time you are turned away from the Lord your God, and go after other gods, to be their servants and to give them worship, destruction will overtake you.

But take care that your hearts are not turned to false ways so that you become servants and worshippers of other gods;

And the curse if you do not give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, but let yourselves be turned from the way which I have put before you this day, and go after other gods which are not yours.

And the sign or the wonder takes place, and he says to you, Let us go after other gods, which are strange to you, and give them worship;

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;

That good-for-nothing persons have gone out from among you, turning the people of their town from the right way and saying, Let us go and give worship to other gods, of whom you have no knowledge;

By becoming a servant of other gods and worshipping them or the sun or the moon or all the stars of heaven, against my orders;

But the prophet who takes it on himself to say words in my name which I have not given him orders to say, or who says anything in the name of other gods, will come to his death.

Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.

And you, and the king whom you have put over you, will the Lord take away to a nation strange to you and to your fathers; there you will be servants to other gods of wood and stone.

And the Lord will send you wandering among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other: there you will be servants to other gods, of wood and stone, gods of which you and your fathers had no knowledge.

So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;

And they went after other gods and gave them worship, gods who were strange to them, and whom he had not given them:

But if your heart is turned away and your ear is shut, and you go after those who would make you servants and worshippers of other gods:

Truly, my face will be turned away from them in that day, because of all the evil they have done in going after other gods.

For when I have taken them into the land named in my oath to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, and they have made themselves full of food and are fat, then they will be turned to other gods and will give them worship, no longer honouring me or keeping my agreement.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain