Deuteronomy 4:16

American Standard Version (1901)

Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

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  • Exod 20:4-5 : 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness [of any thing] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
  • Exod 32:7 : 7 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
  • Deut 4:23 : 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image in the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.
  • Deut 5:8 : 8 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, [nor] 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:
  • Acts 17:29 : 29 Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.
  • Acts 20:4-5 : 4 And there accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater of Beroea, [the son] of Pyrrhus; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. 5 But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.
  • Rom 1:22-24 : 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things. 24 Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, [be] honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Ps 106:19-20 : 19 They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image. 20 Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
  • Isa 40:18 : 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
  • John 4:24 : 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
  • Deut 4:25 : 25 When 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;
  • Deut 4:8-9 : 8 And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;

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  • Deut 4:15
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    15Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that Jehovah spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire.

  • Exod 20:3-4
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    3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

    4Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness [of any thing] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

  • Deut 4:23
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    23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image in the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.

  • Deut 5:7-8
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    7Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

    8Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, [nor] 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:

  • Deut 4:17-19
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    17the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flieth in the heavens,

    18the likeness of anything that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;

    19and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.

  • Deut 4:25
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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;

  • 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.

  • Lev 26:1
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    1Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God.

  • Deut 16:21-22
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    21Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

    22Neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar; which Jehovah thy God hateth.

  • Lev 19:4
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    4Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.

  • Deut 12:4
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    4Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah your God.

  • Deut 27:15
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    15Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

  • 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.

  • Exod 20:23
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    23Ye shall not make [other gods] with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.

  • Deut 4:28
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    28And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

  • Rom 1:23
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    23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

  • Isa 40:18
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    18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

  • Isa 44:9-10
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    9They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.

    10Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?

  • 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;

  • Lev 19:27-28
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    27Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

    28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.

  • 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);

  • Ezek 16:17
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    17Thou didst also take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest for thee images of men, and didst play the harlot with them;

  • Isa 30:22
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    22And ye shall defile the overlaying of thy graven images of silver, and the plating of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as an unclean thing; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

  • Deut 4:12
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    12And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only [ye heard] a voice.

  • Mic 5:13
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    13and I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands;

  • 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 18:19-21
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    19And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

    20And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.

    21And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through [the fire] to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

  • Num 33:52
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    52then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured [stones], and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:

  • Isa 17:8
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    8And they shall not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they have respect to that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the sun-images.

  • 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.

  • Exod 34:13
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    13but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim

  • Deut 4:2
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    2Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.

  • Gen 1:27
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    27And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

  • Exod 25:40
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    40And see that thou make them after their pattern, which hath been showed thee in the mount.

  • Jer 16:20
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    20Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?

  • Prov 6:25
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    25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

  • 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 20:18
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    18that 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.