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Leviticus 26:1
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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 26:1
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Leviticus 26:1
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Reward for Obedience
26 “‘Do not make idols(A) or set up an image(B) or a sacred stone(C) for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone(D) in your land to bow down before it. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:4
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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
Leviticus 19:4
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Leviticus 19:4
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Exodus 23:24
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Exodus 23:24
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24 You shall not (A)bow down to their gods, nor serve them, (B)nor do according to their works; (C)but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.
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Exodus 23:24
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Exodus 23:24
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24 Do not bow down before their gods or worship(A) them or follow their practices.(B) You must demolish(C) them and break their sacred stones(D) to pieces.
Deuteronomy 27:15
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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
Deuteronomy 27:15
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Deuteronomy 27:15
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Numbers 33:52
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Numbers 33:52
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52 (A)then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images, and demolish all their [a]high places;
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- Numbers 33:52 Places for pagan worship
Numbers 33:52
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Numbers 33:52
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52 drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.(A)
Revelation 13:14-15
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Revelation 13:14-15
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14 (A)And he deceives [a]those who dwell on the earth (B)by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword (C)and lived. 15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak (D)and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
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- Revelation 13:14 M my own people
Revelation 13:14-15
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Revelation 13:14-15
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14 Because of the signs(A) it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived(B) the inhabitants of the earth.(C) It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.(D) 15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship(E) the image to be killed.(F)
1 Corinthians 10:19-20
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1 Corinthians 10:19-20
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19 What am I saying then? (A)That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything? 20 Rather, that the things which the Gentiles (B)sacrifice (C)they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.
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1 Corinthians 10:19-20
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1 Corinthians 10:19-20
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19 Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?(A) 20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons,(B) not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.
Exodus 20:4-5
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Exodus 20:4-5
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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; 5 (B)you shall not bow down to them nor [a]serve them. (C)For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, (D)visiting[b] the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
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- Exodus 20:5 worship
- Exodus 20:5 punishing
Exodus 20:4-5
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Exodus 20:4-5
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4 “You shall not make for yourself an image(A) in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship(B) them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,(C) punishing the children for the sin of the parents(D) to the third and fourth generation(E) of those who hate me,
Jeremiah 10:3-8
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Jeremiah 10:3-8
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3 For the customs of the peoples are [a]futile;
For (A)one cuts a tree from the forest,
The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
4 They decorate it with silver and gold;
They (B)fasten it with nails and hammers
So that it will not topple.
5 They are upright, like a palm tree,
And (C)they cannot speak;
They must be (D)carried,
Because they cannot go by themselves.
Do not be afraid of them,
For (E)they cannot do evil,
Nor can they do any good.”
6 Inasmuch as there is none (F)like You, O Lord
(You are great, and Your name is great in might),
7 (G)Who would not fear You, O King of the nations?
For this is Your rightful due.
For (H)among all the wise men of the nations,
And in all their kingdoms,
There is none like You.
8 But they are altogether (I)dull-hearted and foolish;
A wooden idol is a [b]worthless doctrine.
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- Jeremiah 10:3 Lit. vanity
- Jeremiah 10:8 vain teaching
Jeremiah 10:3-8
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Jeremiah 10:3-8
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3 For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
they cut a tree out of the forest,
and a craftsman(A) shapes it with his chisel.(B)
4 They adorn it with silver(C) and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so it will not totter.(D)
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
their idols cannot speak;(E)
they must be carried
because they cannot walk.(F)
Do not fear them;
they can do no harm(G)
nor can they do any good.”(H)
Deuteronomy 16:21-22
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Deuteronomy 16:21-22
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21 (A)“You shall not plant for yourself any tree, as a [a]wooden image, near the altar which you build for yourself to the Lord your God. 22 (B)You shall not set up a sacred pillar, which the Lord your God hates.
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- Deuteronomy 16:21 Or Asherah
Deuteronomy 16:21-22
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Deuteronomy 16:21-22
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Worshiping Other Gods
21 Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole(A) beside the altar you build to the Lord your God,(B) 22 and do not erect a sacred stone,(C) for these the Lord your God hates.
Exodus 20:23
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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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Exodus 20:23
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Exodus 20:23
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23 Do not make any gods to be alongside me;(A) do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold.(B)
Revelation 22:15
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Revelation 22:15
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15 [a]But (A)outside are (B)dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
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- Revelation 22:15 NU, M omit But
Revelation 22:15
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Revelation 22:15
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15 Outside(A) are the dogs,(B) those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
Romans 2:22-23
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Romans 2:22-23
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22 You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, (A)do you rob temples? 23 You who (B)make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law?
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Romans 2:22-23
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Romans 2:22-23
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22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?(A) 23 You who boast in the law,(B) do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
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