2 Kings 17:17
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17 They made their sons and their daughters pass through fire, used divination and augury, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.(A)
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2 Kings 17:17
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17 They sacrificed(A) their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sought omens(B) and sold(C) themselves to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.
2 Kings 21:6
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6 He made his son pass through fire; he practiced soothsaying and augury and dealt with mediums and with wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.(A)
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2 Kings 21:6
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6 He sacrificed his own son(A) in the fire, practiced divination,(B) sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(C) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing(D) his anger.
2 Kings 16:3
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3 but he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. He even made his son pass through fire, according to the abominable practices of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the people of Israel.(A)
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2 Kings 16:3
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3 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel(A) and even sacrificed his son(B) in the fire, engaging in the detestable(C) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
Deuteronomy 18:10-12
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10 No one shall be found among you who makes a son or daughter pass through fire, or who practices divination, or is a soothsayer, or an augur, or a sorcerer,(A) 11 or one who casts spells, or who consults ghosts or spirits, or who seeks oracles from the dead. 12 For whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord; it is because of such abhorrent practices that the Lord your God is driving them out before you.(B)
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Deuteronomy 18:10-12
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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. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord; because of these same detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you.(G)
Ezekiel 23:37
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37 For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; with their idols they have committed adultery, and they have even offered up to them for food the children whom they had borne to me.(A)
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Ezekiel 23:37
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37 for they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, as food for them.(A)
1 Kings 21:20
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20 Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you. Because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord,(A)
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1 Kings 21:20
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20 Ahab said to Elijah, “So you have found me, my enemy!”(A)
“I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold(B) yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.
Micah 5:12
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12 and I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
and you shall have no more soothsayers;(A)
Micah 5:12
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12 I will destroy your witchcraft
and you will no longer cast spells.(A)
Psalm 106:37-38
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37 They sacrificed their sons
and their daughters to the demons;(A)
38 they poured out innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was polluted with blood.(B)
Psalm 106:37-38
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1 Kings 21:25
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25 (Indeed, there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel.
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1 Kings 21:25
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25 (There was never(A) anyone like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, urged on by Jezebel his wife.
Leviticus 19:26
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26 “You shall not eat anything with its blood. You shall not practice augury or witchcraft.(A)
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Leviticus 19:26
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26 “‘Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it.(A)
Leviticus 18:21
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21 You shall not give any of your offspring to sacrifice them[a] to Molech and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.(A)
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- 18.21 Heb to pass them over
Leviticus 18:21
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21 “‘Do not give any of your children(A) to be sacrificed to Molek,(B) for you must not profane the name of your God.(C) I am the Lord.(D)
Galatians 5:26
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26 Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.
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Galatians 5:26
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26 Let us not become conceited,(A) provoking and envying each other.
Acts 16:16
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Paul and Silas in Prison
16 One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a female slave who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners a great deal of money by fortune-telling.(A)
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Acts 16:16
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Paul and Silas in Prison
16 Once when we were going to the place of prayer,(A) we were met by a female slave who had a spirit(B) by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.
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