Exodus 23:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Be circumspect

Make no mention

Bible References

Be circumspect

“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.

Only carefully obey the command and instruction that Moses the Lord’s servant gave you: to love the Lord your God, walk in all His ways, keep His commands, remain faithful to Him, and serve Him with all your heart and all your soul.”

So be very diligent to love the Lord your God for your own well-being.

I will establish his kingdom forever if he perseveres in keeping My commands and My ordinances as he is today.’

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.I said, “I will guard my ways
so that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk—not as unwise people but as wise—

Pay close attention to your life and your teaching; persevere in these things, for by doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.

Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.

Make no mention

as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.

Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the carved images of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.

and so that you do not associate with these nations remaining among you. Do not call on the names of their gods or make an oath to them; do not worship them or bow down to them.

The sorrows of those who take another god
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.

You are to say this to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

For I will remove the names of the Baals
from her mouth;
they will no longer be remembered by their names.

On that day”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.

For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.