Sentences with «to have no other gods before someone»
He commands that His followers have no other gods before Him and that they speak only praise about him. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
The first commandment of the 10 from Exodus 2 states «I am the Lord your God; You shall not have other gods before me» which is also commonly interpreted to mean that all other gods must be disowned, although it is not explicitly stated as such. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
The Jewish scholar Abraham Heschel, in conversation with the monk Thomas Merton, said that the first commandment, â $ œYou shall have no other gods before meâ $, is first because it is the root of all sin (Merton, A VOW OF CONVERSATION: JOURNALS 1964 - 1965). (nakedpastor.com)