Amos 2:4

King James Version

⁴Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

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Amos 2:4

New International Version

⁴This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Judah,^(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because they have rejected the law^(B) of the Lord
    and have not kept his decrees,^(C)
because they have been led astray^(D) by false gods,^[a]^(E)
    the gods^[b] their ancestors followed,^(F)

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Amos 2:4 Or by lies
Amos 2:4 Or lies

Ezekiel 20:24

King James Version

²⁴Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.

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Ezekiel 20:24

New International Version

²⁴because they had not obeyed my laws but had rejected my decrees^(A) and desecrated my Sabbaths,^(B) and their eyes lusted after^(C) their parents’ idols.^(D)

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Ezekiel 20:16

King James Version

¹⁶Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

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Ezekiel 20:16

New International Version

¹⁶because they rejected my laws^(A) and did not follow my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths. For their hearts^(B) were devoted to their idols.^(C)

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Ezekiel 20:13

King James Version

¹³But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

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Ezekiel 20:13

New International Version

¹³“‘Yet the people of Israel rebelled^(A) against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws^(B)—by which the person who obeys them will live—and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths.^(C) So I said I would pour out my wrath^(D) on them and destroy^(E) them in the wilderness.^(F)

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Habakkuk 2:18

King James Version

¹⁸What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

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Habakkuk 2:18

New International Version

¹⁸“Of what value^(A) is an idol^(B) carved by a craftsman?
Or an image^(C) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
he makes idols that cannot speak.^(D)

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Hosea 12:2

King James Version

²The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

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Hosea 12:2

New International Version

²The Lord has a charge^(A) to bring against Judah;^(B)
he will punish^(C) Jacob^[a] according to his ways
and repay him according to his deeds.^(D)

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Hosea 12:2 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.

Jeremiah 16:19-20

King James Version

¹⁹O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

²⁰Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

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Jeremiah 16:19-20

New International Version

¹⁹Lord, my strength and my fortress,
    my refuge^(A) in time of distress,
to you the nations will come^(B)
    from the ends of the earth and say,
“Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,^(C)
    worthless idols^(D) that did them no good.^(E)
²⁰Do people make their own gods?
    Yes, but they are not gods!”^(F)

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Isaiah 28:15

King James Version

¹⁵Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

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Isaiah 28:15

New International Version

¹⁵You boast, “We have entered into a covenant with death,^(A)
    with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement.
When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by,^(B)
    it cannot touch us,
for we have made a lie^(C) our refuge
    and falsehood^[a] our hiding place.^(D)”

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Isaiah 28:15 Or false gods

Romans 1:25

King James Version

²⁵Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

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Romans 1:25

New International Version

²⁵They exchanged the truth about God for a lie,^(A) and worshiped and served created things^(B) rather than the Creator—who is forever praised.^(C) Amen.^(D)

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Amos 3:2

King James Version

²You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

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Amos 3:2

New International Version

²“You only have I chosen^(A)
of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish^(B) you
for all your sins.^(C)”

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Ezekiel 20:18

King James Version

¹⁸But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

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Ezekiel 20:18

New International Version

¹⁸I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the statutes of your parents^(A) or keep their laws or defile yourselves^(B) with their idols.

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Jeremiah 9:14

King James Version

¹⁴But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

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Jeremiah 9:14

New International Version

¹⁴Instead, they have followed^(A) the stubbornness of their hearts;^(B) they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.”

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Jeremiah 8:9

King James Version

⁹The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?

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Jeremiah 8:9

New International Version

⁹The wise^(A) will be put to shame;
they will be dismayed^(B) and trapped.^(C)
Since they have rejected the word^(D) of the Lord,
what kind of wisdom^(E) do they have?

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