Deuteronomy 20:18

American Standard Version (1901)

that they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so would ye sin against Jehovah your God.

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  • Deut 12:30-31 : 30 take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. 31 Thou shalt not do so unto Jehovah thy God: for every abomination to Jehovah, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.
  • Exod 23:33 : 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
  • Ps 106:34-40 : 34 They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them, 35 But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works, 36 And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, 38 And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings. 40 Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.
  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
  • Eph 5:11 : 11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;
  • 2 Thess 3:14 : 14 And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
  • 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.
  • 2 Tim 2:17-18 : 17 and their word will eat as doth a gangrene: or whom is Hymenaeus an Philetus; 18 men who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some.
  • Rev 18:3-5 : 3 For by the wine of the wrath of her fornication all the nations are fallen; and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth waxed rich by the power of her wantonness. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues: 5 for her sins have reached even unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
  • Exod 34:16 : 16 and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.
  • Deut 7:4-5 : 4 For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly. 5 But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.
  • Deut 18:19 : 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
  • Josh 23:13 : 13 know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.
  • Judg 2:3 : 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

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  • Deut 18:9
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    9When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

  • Deut 12:30-31
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    30take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

    31Thou shalt not do so unto Jehovah thy God: for every abomination to Jehovah, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.

  • Lev 20:23
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    23And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

  • Deut 20:17
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    17but thou shalt utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;

  • Deut 12:3-4
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    3and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place.

    4Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah your God.

  • Deut 18:12
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    12For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

  • Lev 18:26-30
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    26Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you;

    27(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);

    28that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

    29For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.

    30Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
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    12and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

  • Exod 23:24
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    24Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.

  • Lev 18:24
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    24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;

  • Lev 18:3
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    3After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their statutes.

  • Exod 34:15-17
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    15lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee and thou eat of his sacrifice;

    16and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.

    17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

  • Ezek 20:7
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    7And I said unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Jehovah your God.

  • Deut 29:17
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    17and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);

  • Exod 18:20
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    20and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

  • Ezek 20:18
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    18And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

  • Deut 8:20
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    20As the nations that Jehovah maketh to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God.

  • Exod 23:32-33
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    32Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

    33They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

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    16For all that do such things, [even] all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

  • Deut 7:25-26
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    25The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

    26And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and become a devoted thing like unto it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.

  • Deut 13:11
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    11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do not more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.

  • Deut 20:15
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    15Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

  • Judg 2:2
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    2and ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall break down their altars. But ye have not hearkened unto my voice: why have ye done this?

  • Deut 19:20
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    20And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.

  • Exod 34:12
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    12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

  • Josh 6:18
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    18But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when ye have devoted it, ye take of the devoted thing; so would ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
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    35with whom Jehovah had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

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    4Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;

  • Deut 6:14
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    14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;

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    3Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor; for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.

  • Deut 31:5
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    5And Jehovah will deliver them up before you, and ye shall do unto them according unto all the commandment which I have commanded you.

  • Lev 18:20-21
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    20And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.

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    4and it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, then shalt thou inquire diligently; and, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel,

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  • Deut 13:18
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    3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

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    25When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, to provoke him to anger;