Deuteronomy 27:15
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15 (A)‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or molded image, [a]an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’
(B)“And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen!’
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- Deuteronomy 27:15 a detestable thing
Exodus 34:17
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17 (A)“You shall make no molded gods for yourselves.
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Exodus 20:4
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4 (A)“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
Deuteronomy 5:8
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8 (A)‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
Leviticus 26:1
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Promise of Blessing and Retribution(A)
26 ‘You shall (B)not make idols for yourselves;
neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves;
nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it;
for I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:4
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4 (A)‘Do not turn to idols, (B)nor make for yourselves [a]molded gods: I am the Lord your God.
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- Leviticus 19:4 molten
Exodus 20:23
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23 You shall not make anything to be (A)with Me—gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.
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1 Corinthians 14:16
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16 Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say “Amen” (A)at your giving of thanks, since he does not understand what you say?
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Hosea 13:2-3
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2 Now they sin more and more,
And have made for themselves molded images,
Idols of their silver, according to their skill;
All of it is the work of craftsmen.
They say of them,
“Let [a]the men who sacrifice [b]kiss the calves!”
3 Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud
And like the early dew that passes away,
(A)Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.
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- Hosea 13:2 Or those who offer human sacrifice
- Hosea 13:2 Worship with kisses
Deuteronomy 4:16-23
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16 lest you (A)act corruptly and (B)make for yourselves a carved image in the [a]form of any figure: (C)the likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, 18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water beneath the earth. 19 And take heed, lest you (D)lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, (E)all the host of heaven, you feel driven to (F)worship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has [b]given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage. 20 But the Lord has taken you and (G)brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be (H)His people, an inheritance, as you are this day. 21 Furthermore (I)the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that (J)I would not cross over the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. 22 But (K)I must die in this land, (L)I must not cross over the Jordan; but you shall cross over and [c]possess (M)that good land. 23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God which He made with you, (N)and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you.
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- Deuteronomy 4:16 similitude
- Deuteronomy 4:19 divided
- Deuteronomy 4:22 take possession of
Ezekiel 8:7-12
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7 So He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, there was a hole in the wall. 8 Then He said to me, “Son of man, dig into the wall”; and when I dug into the wall, there was a door.
9 And He said to me, “Go in, and see the wicked abominations which they are doing there.” 10 So I went in and saw, and there—every (A)sort of (B)creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, [a]portrayed all around on the walls. 11 And there stood before them (C)seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. Each man had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up. 12 Then He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, (D)‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”
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- Ezekiel 8:10 Or carved
Ezekiel 7:20
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20 ‘As for the beauty of his ornaments,
He set it in majesty;
(A)But they made from it
The images of their abominations—
Their detestable things;
Therefore I have made it
Like refuse to them.
Jeremiah 28:6
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6 and the prophet Jeremiah said, (A)“Amen! The Lord do so; the Lord perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the Lord’s house and all who were carried away captive, from Babylon to this place.
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Jeremiah 23:24
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24 Can anyone (A)hide himself in secret places,
So I shall not see him?” says the Lord;
(B)“Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 11:5
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5 that I may establish the (A)oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them (B)‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’ as it is this day.” ’ ”
And I answered and said, [a]“So be it, Lord.”
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- Jeremiah 11:5 Heb. Amen
Jeremiah 11:3
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3 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: (A)“Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant
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Isaiah 44:19
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19 And no one (A)considers in his heart,
Nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say,
“I have burned half of it in the fire,
Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals;
I have roasted meat and eaten it;
And shall I make the rest of it an abomination?
Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”
Isaiah 44:17
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17 And the rest of it he makes into a god,
His carved image.
He falls down before it and worships it,
Prays to it and says,
“Deliver me, for you are my god!”
Isaiah 44:9-10
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Idolatry Is Foolishness
9 (A)Those who make an image, all of them are useless,
And their precious things shall not profit;
They are their own witnesses;
(B)They neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed.
10 Who would form a god or mold an image
(C)That profits him nothing?
Psalm 44:20-21
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20 If we had forgotten the name of our God,
Or (A)stretched[a] out our hands to a foreign god,
21 (B)Would not God search this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.
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- Psalm 44:20 Worshiped
2 Chronicles 33:2
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2 But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the (A)abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.
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2 Kings 23:13
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13 Then the king defiled the [a]high places that were east of Jerusalem, which were on the [b]south of [c]the Mount of Corruption, which (A)Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the people of Ammon.
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- 2 Kings 23:13 Places for pagan worship
- 2 Kings 23:13 Lit. right of
- 2 Kings 23:13 The Mount of Olives
2 Kings 17:19
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19 Also (A)Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
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1 Kings 11:5-7
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5 For Solomon went after (A)Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after (B)Milcom[a] the abomination of the (C)Ammonites. 6 Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as did his father David. 7 (D)Then Solomon built a [b]high place for (E)Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on (F)the hill that is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the people of Ammon.
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- 1 Kings 11:5 Or Molech
- 1 Kings 11:7 A place for pagan worship
1 Samuel 26:19
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19 Now therefore, please, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the Lord has (A)stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, (B)for they have driven me out this day from sharing in the (C)inheritance of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
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