Deuteronomy 4:19
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19 And take heed, lest you (A)lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, (B)all the host of heaven, you feel driven to (C)worship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has [a]given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage.
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- Deuteronomy 4:19 divided
Romans 1:25
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25 who exchanged (A)the truth of God (B)for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
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2 Kings 21:3
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3 For he rebuilt the [a]high places (A)which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; he raised up altars for Baal, and made a [b]wooden image, (B)as Ahab king of Israel had done; and he (C)worshiped all [c]the host of heaven and served them.
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- 2 Kings 21:3 Places for pagan worship
- 2 Kings 21:3 Heb. Asherah, a Canaanite goddess
- 2 Kings 21:3 The gods of the Assyrians
Deuteronomy 17:3
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3 who has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, either (A)the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven, (B)which I have not commanded,
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2 Kings 17:16
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16 So they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, (A)made for themselves a molded image and two calves, (B)made a wooden image and worshiped all the (C)host of heaven, (D)and served Baal.
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Genesis 2:1
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The Garden of Eden
2 Thus the heavens and the earth, and (A)all the host of them, were finished.
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Genesis 1:16-18
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16 Then God made two great [a]lights: the (A)greater light to rule the day, and the (B)lesser light to rule the night. He made (C)the stars also. 17 God set them in the firmament of the (D)heavens to give light on the earth, 18 and to (E)rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
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- Genesis 1:16 luminaries
Psalm 148:3-5
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3 Praise Him, sun and moon;
Praise Him, all you stars of light!
4 Praise Him, (A)you heavens of heavens,
And (B)you waters above the heavens!
5 Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For (C)He commanded and they were created.
Psalm 136:7-9
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7 (A)To Him who made great lights,
For His mercy endures forever—
8 (B)The sun to rule by day,
For His mercy endures forever;
9 The moon and stars to rule by night,
For His mercy endures forever.
Joshua 10:12-13
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12 Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel:
(A)“Sun, stand still over Gibeon;
And Moon, in the Valley of (B)Aijalon.”
13 So the sun stood still,
And the moon stopped,
Till the people had revenge
Upon their enemies.
(C)Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.
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Acts 7:42
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42 Then (A)God turned and gave them up to worship (B)the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets:
(C)‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness,
O house of Israel?
Matthew 5:45
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45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for (A)He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
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Amos 5:25-26
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25 “Did(A) you offer Me sacrifices and offerings
In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 You also carried [a]Sikkuth[b] (B)your king
And Chiun, your idols,
The star of your gods,
Which you made for yourselves.
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