Keach's Catechism · 1794

Q54. What are we especially taught by these words, "before me," in the first commandment?

These words, "before me", in the first commandment, teach us, that God, who sees all things, takes notice of, and is much displeased with the sin of having any other God.
Answer · Keach's Catechism

Scripture proofs

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    Deuteronomy 30:17-18

    But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.

    Psalms 44:20-21

    If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

    Psalms 90:8

    Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

Proof texts as given in the original; verse text from the King James Version.