Exodus 20:3

You shall have no other gods before Me.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Exodus 20

9 songs meet this passage

  • “I worship you like holy days”

    Bad Blood · Nao

    strains against Exodus 20:3

    The language of worship directed at a lover echoes the kind of devotion Scripture reserves for God; here it's romantic hyperbole, but it still borrows sacred vocabulary for a human bond.

  • Lose Control · Teddy Swims

    strains against Exodus 20:3

    The posture of total surrender and need is directed entirely at another person rather than God, echoing the shape of worship misapplied.

  • “Karma is a god”

    Karma · Taylor Swift

    strains against Exodus 20:3

    Naming an abstract force 'a god' and crediting it with personal favor echoes idolatry, replacing trust in the living God with a self-serving cosmic principle.

  • “Just tryna be your everything”

    Snooze · SZA

    strains against Exodus 20:3

    Wanting to be someone's 'everything' and making another person your everything edges toward a kind of idolatry Scripture warns against.

  • “Your own personal Jesus”

    Personal Jesus · Depeche Mode

    strains against Exodus 20:3

    The song offers a stand-in deity, a person to worship in place of God, which is the very substitution this commandment guards against.

  • My Sweet Lord · George Harrison

    strains against Exodus 20:3

    Interweaving a mantra to Krishna with 'my sweet Lord' blurs the first commandment's call to exclusive devotion to God alone.

  • “I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies”

    Take Me to Church · Hozier

    strains against Exodus 20:3-5

    The deliberate choice to worship something known to be false ('lies') is a knowing embrace of idolatry, the very thing the first commandment warns against.

  • Ordinary · Alex Warren

    strains against Exodus 20:3-5

    Altars and prayer belong to worship of God; directing them at a romantic partner edges into treating the relationship as an idol.

  • “I'll be your idol”

    Your Idol · Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, KEVIN WOO, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast

    strains against Exodus 20:3-5

    The song's core line is a direct inversion of the first commandment, openly claiming the worship owed to God alone.

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