Exodus 20

Treated in 15 passages across the library.

  • 20:5 thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me, 3
  • 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 2
  • 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying, 1
  • 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 1
  • 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 1
  • 20:9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; 1
  • 20:10 but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 1
  • 20:11 for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 1
  • 20:12 Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. 1
  • 20:13 Thou shalt not kill. 1
  • 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 1
  • 20:15 Thou shalt not steal. 1
  • 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 1
  • 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s. 1
  • 20:25 And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. 1

American Standard Version

  1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Exod 20: 1

    ‘And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God,’ &c. Exod 20: 1, 2. What is the preface to the Ten Commandments? The preface to the Ten Commandments is, …

  2. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.4 The Right Understanding of the Law cites Exod 20: 3

    ‘Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.’ Exod 20: 3. Before I come to the commandments, I shall answer questions, and lay down rules respecti…

  3. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.1 The First Commandment cites Exod 20: 3

    ‘Thou shalt have no other gods before me.’ Exod 20: 3. Why is the commandment in the second person singular, Thou? Why does not God say, You sh…

  4. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.10 The Tenth Commandment cites Exod 20: 17

    …t, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.’ Exod 20: 17. THIS commandment forbids covetousness in general, ‘Thou shalt not covet;’ and in particu…

  5. The Key in My Hand · Gareth Evans

    Jesus - The Healer cites Exodus 20:5

    …, “the sins of the father may come upon the children to the third and fourth generation” (Exodus 20:5) . Further, there was a barrier to the children of illegitimacy coming into full fellowsh…

  6. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Principal Wheat cites Exodus 20:5

    …is a jealous God, so be careful to avoid even the smallest error or form of self-worship (Exodus 20:5). Also, water every part of your spiritual life as the farmer waters each plant. Pray for…

  7. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites Exod 20: 5

    … ‘to the third and fourth generation’ only, but he shows mercy to a thousand generations. Exod 20: 5, 6. The Lord has treasures of mercy in store, and therefore is said to be ‘plenteous in m…

  8. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.3 The Third Commandment cites Exod 20: 7

    … thy God in vain: For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.’ Exod 20: 7. This commandment has two parts: 1. A negative expressed, that we must not take God’s nam…

  9. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites Exod 20: 12

    … thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.’ Exod 20: 12. Having done with the first table, I am next to speak of the duties of the second table. …

  10. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites Exod 20: 13

    ‘Thou shalt not kill.’ Exod 20: 13. In this commandment is a sin forbidden, which is murder, ‘Thou shalt not kill,’ and a du…

  11. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.7 The Seventh Commandment cites Exod 20: 14

    ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery.’ Exod 20: 14. God is a pure, holy spirit, and has an infinite antipathy against all uncleanness. In th…

  12. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.8 The Eighth Commandment cites Exod 20: 15

    ‘Thou shalt not steal.’ Exod 20: 15. AS the holiness of God sets him against uncleanness, in the command ‘Thou shalt not comm…

  13. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.9 The Ninth Commandment cites Exod 20: 16

    ‘Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.’ Exod 20: 16. THE tongue which at first was made to be an organ of God’s praise, is now become an inst…

  14. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    July cites Exodus 20:25

    … after His own image. July 14 “If thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.” (Exodus 20:25) God's altar was to be built of unhewn stones, that no trace of human skill or labour mig…

  15. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Exod 20: 8-11

    …, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath-day and hallowed it. Exod 20: 8-11. This commandment was engraven in stone by God’s own finger, and it will be our comfort t…