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Bible in Basic English

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

New American Standard Bible

Beware that your hearts are not deceived, and that you do not turn away and serve other gods and worship them.

King James Version

Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

Holman Bible

Be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside, worship, and bow down to other gods.

International Standard Version

Be careful! Otherwise, your hearts will deceive you and you will turn away to serve other gods and worship them.

A Conservative Version

Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them,

American Standard Version

Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

Amplified

Beware that your hearts are not deceived, and that you do not turn away [from the Lord] and serve other gods and worship them,

Darby Translation

Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside and serve other gods, and bow down to them,

Julia Smith Translation

Watch ye to yourselves, lest your heart shall be enticed, and ye turn aside and serve other gods, and worship to them:

King James 2000

Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

Lexham Expanded Bible

{Take care} so that your heart is not easily deceived, and you turn away, and you serve other gods, and you bow down to them.

Modern King James verseion

Take heed to yourselves that your heart may not be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods, and worship them,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But beware that your hearts deceive you not, that ye turn aside and serve strange gods and worship them,

NET Bible

Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods!

New Heart English Bible

Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

The Emphasized Bible

Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be befooled, - and ye turn aside and serve other gods, and bow down to them.

Webster

Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

World English Bible

Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

Youngs Literal Translation

'Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be enticed, and ye have turned aside, and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

לבב 
Lebab 
Usage: 251

be not deceived
פּתה 
Pathah 
Usage: 28

and ye turn aside
שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

and serve
עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 288

אחר 
'acher 
Usage: 166

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

and worship
שׁחה 
Shachah 
Usage: 171

References

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Detailed Stipulations

15 And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, so that you may have food in full measure. 16 But take care that your hearts are not turned to false ways so that you become servants and worshippers of other gods; 17 For if you do so, the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, and the heaven will be shut up so that there is no rain and the land will give no fruit; and in a very little time you will be cut off from the good land which the Lord is giving you.



Cross References

Job 31:27

A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;

Deuteronomy 8:19

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.

Deuteronomy 29:18

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;

Hebrews 2:1

For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.

Hebrews 3:12

My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:

Deuteronomy 4:9

Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;

Deuteronomy 4:23

Take care that you do not let the agreement of the Lord your God, which he has made with you, go out of your mind, or make for yourselves images of any sort, against the orders which the Lord your God has given you.

Deuteronomy 13:3

Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.

Deuteronomy 30:17

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:

Isaiah 44:20

As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.

Luke 21:8

And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.

Luke 21:34

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

Luke 21:36

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

Hebrews 4:1

Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.

Hebrews 12:15

Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

James 1:26

If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.

1 John 5:21

My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

Revelation 13:14

And those who are on the earth are turned from the true way by him through the signs which he was given power to do before the beast; giving orders to those who are on the earth to make an image to the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and came to life.

Revelation 20:4

And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.

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