Deuteronomy 32:17
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17 (A)They sacrificed to demons, not to God,
To gods they did not know,
To new gods, new arrivals
That your fathers did not fear.
Judges 5:8
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8 They chose (A)new gods;
Then there was war in the gates;
Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.
Deuteronomy 28:64
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64 “Then the Lord (A)will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and (B)there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known—wood and stone.
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Leviticus 17:7
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7 They shall no more offer their sacrifices (A)to [a]demons, after whom they (B)have played the harlot. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations.” ’
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- Leviticus 17:7 Having the form of a goat or satyr
1 Timothy 4:1
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The Great Apostasy
4 Now the Spirit [a]expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed (A)to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,
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- 1 Timothy 4:1 explicitly
Psalm 106:37-38
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37 (A)They even sacrificed their sons
And their daughters to (B)demons,
38 And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And (C)the land was polluted with blood.
Revelation 9:20
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20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, (A)did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship (B)demons, (C)and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.
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1 Corinthians 10:19-20
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19 What am I saying then? (A)That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything? 20 Rather, that the things which the Gentiles (B)sacrifice (C)they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.
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1 Corinthians 8:4
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4 Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that (A)an idol is nothing in the world, (B)and that there is no other God but one.
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Jeremiah 10:15
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15 They are futile, a work of errors;
In the time of their punishment they shall perish.
Isaiah 44:8
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8 Do not fear, nor be afraid;
(A)Have I not told you from that time, and declared it?
(B)You are My witnesses.
Is there a God besides Me?
Indeed (C)there is no other Rock;
I know not one.’ ”
Deuteronomy 32:21
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21 (A)They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God;
They have moved Me to anger (B)by their [a]foolish idols.
But (C)I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation;
I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.
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- Deuteronomy 32:21 foolishness, lit. vanities
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