Deuteronomy 32:16
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16 They stirred up his jealousy by worshiping foreign gods;
they provoked his fury with detestable deeds.
1 Corinthians 10:22
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22 What? Do we dare to rouse the Lord’s jealousy? Do you think we are stronger than he is?
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Psalm 78:58
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58 They angered God by building shrines to other gods;
they made him jealous with their idols.
Nahum 1:1-2
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1 This message concerning Nineveh came as a vision to Nahum, who lived in Elkosh.
The Lord’s Anger against Nineveh
2 The Lord is a jealous God,
filled with vengeance and rage.
He takes revenge on all who oppose him
and continues to rage against his enemies!
2 Kings 23:13
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13 The king also desecrated the pagan shrines east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, where King Solomon of Israel had built shrines for Ashtoreth, the detestable goddess of the Sidonians; and for Chemosh, the detestable god of the Moabites; and for Molech,[a] the vile god of the Ammonites.
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- 23:13 Hebrew Milcom, a variant spelling of Molech.
1 Kings 14:22
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22 During Rehoboam’s reign, the people of Judah did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, provoking his anger with their sin, for it was even worse than that of their ancestors.
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Deuteronomy 7:25
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25 “You must burn their idols in fire, and you must not covet the silver or gold that covers them. You must not take it or it will become a trap to you, for it is detestable to the Lord your God.
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Deuteronomy 5:9
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9 You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.
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Leviticus 18:27
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27 “All these detestable activities are practiced by the people of the land where I am taking you, and this is how the land has become defiled.
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