Deuteronomy 13:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the sign or the wonder takes place, and he says to you, Let us go after other gods, which are strange to you, and give them worship;

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 18:22 : 22 When a prophet makes a statement in the name of the Lord, if what he says does not take place and his words do not come true, then his word is not the word of the Lord: the words of the prophet were said in the pride of his heart, and you are to have no fear of him.
  • Jer 28:9 : 9 The prophet whose words are of peace, when his words come true, will be seen to be a prophet whom the Lord has sent.
  • Matt 7:22-23 : 22 A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power? 23 And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
  • Matt 24:24 : 24 For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ. 14 And it is no wonder; for even Satan himself is able to take the form of an angel of light. 15 So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, 10 And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation. 11 And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:
  • Rev 13:13-14 : 13 And he does great signs, even making fire come down from heaven on the earth before the eyes of men. 14 And those who are on the earth are turned from the true way by him through the signs which he was given power to do before the beast; giving orders to those who are on the earth to make an image to the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and came to life.
  • 1 Kgs 13:3 : 3 The same day he gave them a sign, saying, This is the sign which the Lord has given: See, the altar will be broken and the burned waste on it overturned.
  • Exod 7:22 : 22 And the wonder-workers of Egypt did the same with their secret arts: but Pharaoh's heart was made hard, and he would not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.
  • Deut 13:6 : 6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;
  • Deut 13:13 : 13 That good-for-nothing persons have gone out from among you, turning the people of their town from the right way and saying, Let us go and give worship to other gods, of whom you have no knowledge;

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  • Deut 13:1
    88%

    1 If ever you have among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and he gives you a sign or a wonder,

  • Deut 13:3-7
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    81%

    3 Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.

    4 But keep on in the ways of the Lord your God, fearing him and keeping his orders and hearing his voice, worshipping him and being true to him.

    5 And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams is to be put to death; for his words were said with the purpose of turning you away from the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt and made you free from the prison-house; and of forcing you out of the way in which the Lord your God has given you orders to go. So you are to put away the evil from among you.

    6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;

    7 Gods of the peoples round about you, near or far, from one end of the earth to the other;

  • Deut 30:17
    77%

    17 But if your heart is turned away and your ear is shut, and you go after those who would make you servants and worshippers of other gods:

  • Deut 17:2-3
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    76%

    2 If there is any man or woman among you, in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you, who does evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, sinning against his agreement,

    3 By becoming a servant of other gods and worshipping them or the sun or the moon or all the stars of heaven, against my orders;

  • Deut 11:16
    76%

    16 But take care that your hearts are not turned to false ways so that you become servants and worshippers of other gods;

  • Deut 6:14
    76%

    14 Do not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about you;

  • Deut 13:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12 And if word comes to you, in one of the towns which the Lord your God is giving you for your resting-place,

    13 That good-for-nothing persons have gone out from among you, turning the people of their town from the right way and saying, Let us go and give worship to other gods, of whom you have no knowledge;

  • 2 Chr 7:19
    74%

    19 But if you are turned away from me, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods, giving them worship:

  • Deut 29:26
    74%

    26 And they went after other gods and gave them worship, gods who were strange to them, and whom he had not given them:

  • Deut 12:30
    73%

    30 After their destruction take care that you do not go in their ways, and that you do not give thought to their gods, saying, How did these nations give worship to their gods? I will do as they did.

  • Deut 18:21-22
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    73%

    21 And if you say in your hearts, How are we to be certain that the word does not come from the Lord?

    22 When a prophet makes a statement in the name of the Lord, if what he says does not take place and his words do not come true, then his word is not the word of the Lord: the words of the prophet were said in the pride of his heart, and you are to have no fear of him.

  • Deut 28:36
    73%

    36 And you, and the king whom you have put over you, will the Lord take away to a nation strange to you and to your fathers; there you will be servants to other gods of wood and stone.

  • Deut 4:28
    73%

    28 There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.

  • 1 Kgs 9:6
    73%

    6 But if you are turned from my ways, you or your children, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods and give them worship:

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
    72%

    35 And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods; you are not to give worship to them or be their servants or make them offerings:

  • Jer 25:6
    72%

    6 Do not go after other gods to be their servants and to give them worship, and do not make me angry with the work of your hands, causing evil to yourselves.

  • Deut 18:14-15
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    72%

    14 For these nations, whose land you are taking, give attention to readers of signs and to those using secret arts: but the Lord your God will not let you do so.

    15 The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him;

  • Deut 28:14
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    14 Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.

  • Deut 8:19
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    19 And it is certain that if at any time you are turned away from the Lord your God, and go after other gods, to be their servants and to give them worship, destruction will overtake you.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
    71%

    12 And they made themselves servants of disgusting things, though the Lord had said, You are not to do this.

  • Deut 11:28
    71%

    28 And the curse if you do not give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, but let yourselves be turned from the way which I have put before you this day, and go after other gods which are not yours.

  • Ps 81:9
    71%

    9 There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god.

  • Acts 7:40
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    40 And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.

  • Deut 4:34
    71%

    34 Has God ever before taken a nation for himself from out of another nation, by punishments and signs and wonders, by war and by a strong hand and a stretched-out arm and great acts of wonder and fear, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes?

  • Josh 24:20
    71%

    20 If you are turned away from the Lord and become the servants of strange gods, then turning against you he will do you evil, cutting you off, after he has done you good.

  • Deut 29:17
    71%

    17 And you have seen their disgusting doings, and the images of wood and stone and silver and gold which were among them:)

  • Exod 34:15
    70%

    15 So see that you make no agreement with the people of the land, and do not go after their gods, or take part in their offerings, or be guests at their feasts,

  • Deut 29:3
    70%

    3 The great tests which your eyes saw, and the signs and wonders:

  • Num 12:6
    70%

    6 And he said, Now give ear to my words: if there is a prophet among you I will give him knowledge of myself in a vision and will let my words come to him in a dream.

  • Exod 4:8
    70%

    8 And if they do not have faith in you or give ear to the voice of the first sign, they will have faith in the second sign.

  • Deut 7:19
    70%

    19 The great punishments which your eyes saw, and the signs and the wonders and the strong hand and the stretched-out arm, by which the Lord your God took you out: so will the Lord your God do to all the peoples who are the cause of your fears.

  • Deut 4:23
    70%

    23 Take care that you do not let the agreement of the Lord your God, which he has made with you, go out of your mind, or make for yourselves images of any sort, against the orders which the Lord your God has given you.

  • Mark 13:21-22
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    70%

    21 And then if any man says to you, See, here is Christ; or, See, there; have no faith in it:

    22 Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.

  • Jer 7:9
    70%

    9 Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;

  • Jer 5:19
    70%

    19 And it will come about, when you say, Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us? that you will say to them, As you gave me up, making yourselves servants to strange gods in your land, so will you be servants to strange men in a land which is not yours.

  • Josh 24:16
    69%

    16 Then the people in answer said, Never will we give up the Lord to be the servants of other gods;

  • Exod 20:3
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    3 You are to have no other gods but me.

  • Josh 24:14
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    14 So now, go in fear of the Lord, and be his servants with true hearts: put away the gods worshipped by your fathers across the River and in Egypt, and be servants of the Lord.

  • Deut 28:64
    69%

    64 And the Lord will send you wandering among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other: there you will be servants to other gods, of wood and stone, gods of which you and your fathers had no knowledge.

  • Isa 41:23
    69%

    23 Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.

  • Judg 2:12
    69%

    12 And they gave up the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had taken them out of the land of Egypt, and went after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about them, worshipping them and moving the Lord to wrath.