23 For rebellion is as the sin of [a]witchcraft,
And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
(A)He also has rejected you from being king.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 15:23 divination

23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,(A)
    and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected(B) the word of the Lord,
    he has rejected you as king.”

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16 Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will cast you from the face of the earth. This year you shall (A)die, because you have taught (B)rebellion against the Lord.’ ”

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16 Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth.(A) This very year you are going to die,(B) because you have preached rebellion(C) against the Lord.’”

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14 (A)But now your kingdom shall not continue. (B)The Lord has sought for Himself a man (C)after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have (D)not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

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14 But now your kingdom(A) will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart(B) and appointed(C) him ruler(D) of his people, because you have not kept(E) the Lord’s command.”

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‘And (A)the person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.

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“‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.(A)

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20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,

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20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions

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32 therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his [a]family: he shall not have anyone to dwell among this people, nor shall he see the good that I will do for My people, says the Lord, (A)because he has taught rebellion against the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 29:32 descendants, lit. seed

32 this is what the Lord says: I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants.(A) He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good(B) things I will do for my people, declares the Lord, because he has preached rebellion(C) against me.’”

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10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter (A)pass[a] through the fire, (B)or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 (C)or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or (D)one who calls up the dead.

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  1. Deuteronomy 18:10 Be burned as an offering to an idol

10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire,(A) who practices divination(B) or sorcery,(C) interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,(D) 11 or casts spells,(E) or who is a medium or spiritist(F) or who consults the dead.

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16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For (A)you[a] are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

(B)“I will dwell in them
And walk among them.
I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.”

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:16 NU we

16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?(A) For we are the temple(B) of the living God.(C) As God has said:

“I will live with them
    and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.”[a](D)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Lev. 26:12; Jer. 32:38; Ezek. 37:27

(A)As for them, whether they hear or whether they refuse—for they are a (B)rebellious house—yet they (C)will know that a prophet has been among them.

“And you, son of man, (D)do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words, though (E)briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; (F)do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, (G)though they are a rebellious house. (H)You shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious. But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and (I)eat what I give you.”

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And whether they listen or fail to listen(A)—for they are a rebellious people(B)—they will know that a prophet has been among them.(C) And you, son of man, do not be afraid(D) of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns(E) are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.(F) You must speak(G) my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious.(H) But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel(I) like that rebellious people;(J) open your mouth and eat(K) what I give you.”

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11 Because they (A)rebelled against the words of God,
And [a]despised (B)the counsel of the Most High,

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  1. Psalm 107:11 scorned

11 because they rebelled(A) against God’s commands
    and despised(B) the plans(C) of the Most High.

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“As for you, my son Solomon, (A)know the God of your father, and serve Him (B)with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for (C)the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. (D)If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will (E)cast you off forever.

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“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion(A) and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart(B) and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him,(C) he will be found by you; but if you forsake(D) him, he will reject(E) you forever.

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16 “Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord: ‘What (A)treachery[a] is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that you have built for yourselves an altar, (B)that you might rebel this day against the Lord? 17 Is the iniquity (C)of Peor not enough for us, from which we are not cleansed till this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord, 18 but that you must turn away this day from following the Lord? And it shall be, if you rebel today against the Lord, that tomorrow (D)He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel. 19 [b]Nevertheless, if the land of your possession is unclean, then cross over to the land of the possession of the Lord, (E)where the Lord’s tabernacle stands, and take possession among us; but do not rebel against the Lord, nor rebel against us, by building yourselves an altar besides the altar of the Lord our God.

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  1. Joshua 22:16 unfaithful act
  2. Joshua 22:19 However

16 “The whole assembly of the Lord says: ‘How could you break faith(A) with the God of Israel like this? How could you turn away from the Lord and build yourselves an altar in rebellion(B) against him now? 17 Was not the sin of Peor(C) enough for us? Up to this very day we have not cleansed ourselves from that sin, even though a plague fell on the community of the Lord! 18 And are you now turning away from the Lord?

“‘If you rebel against the Lord today, tomorrow he will be angry with the whole community(D) of Israel. 19 If the land you possess is defiled, come over to the Lord’s land, where the Lord’s tabernacle(E) stands, and share the land with us. But do not rebel against the Lord or against us by building an altar(F) for yourselves, other than the altar of the Lord our God.

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18 (A)“You shall not permit a sorceress to live.

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