Ezekiel 20:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And further, I gave them rules which were not good and orders in which there was no life for them;

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  • Ps 81:12 : 12 So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.
  • Isa 66:4 : 4 So I will go after trouble for them, and will send on them what they are fearing: because no one made answer to my voice, or gave ear to my word; but they did what was evil in my eyes, going after that in which I took no pleasure.
  • Ezek 20:39 : 39 As for you, O children of Israel, the Lord has said: Let every man completely put away his images and give ear to me: and let my holy name no longer be shamed by your offerings and your images.
  • Rom 1:21-28 : 21 Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark. 22 Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish, 23 And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth. 24 For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another: 25 Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it. 26 For this reason God gave them up to evil passions, and their women were changing the natural use into one which is unnatural: 27 And in the same way the men gave up the natural use of the woman and were burning in their desire for one another, men doing shame with men, and getting in their bodies the right reward of their evil-doing. 28 And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;
  • 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:
  • Deut 4:27-28 : 27 And the Lord will send you wandering among the peoples; only a small band of you will be kept from death among the nations where the Lord will send you. 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.
  • Deut 28:36 : 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.
  • Ezek 14:9-9 : 9 And if the prophet, tricked by deceit, says anything, it is I the Lord by whom he has been tricked, and I will put out my hand against him, and he will be cut off from among my people Israel. 10 And the punishment of their sin will be on them: the sin of the prophet will be the same as the sin of him who goes to him for directions; 11 So that the children of Israel may no longer go wandering away from me, or make themselves unclean with all their wrongdoing; but they will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.
  • Ezek 20:26 : 26 I made them unclean in the offerings they gave, causing them to make every first child go through the fire, so that I might put an end to them.

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  • Ezek 20:23-24
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    23 Further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land that I would send them wandering among the nations, driving them out among the countries;

    24 Because they had not done my orders, but had been turned away from my rules, and had not given respect to my Sabbaths, and their eyes were turned to the images of their fathers.

  • Ezek 20:10-13
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    10 So I made them go out of the land of Egypt and took them into the waste land.

    11 And I gave them my rules and made clear to them my orders, which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him.

    12 And further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear that I, who make them holy, am the Lord.

    13 But the children of Israel would not be controlled by me in the waste land: they were not guided by my rules, and they were turned away from my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said that I would let loose my passion on them in the waste land, and put an end to them.

  • Ezek 20:15-19
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    15 And further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land, that I would not take them into the land which I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands;

    16 Because they were turned away from my orders, and were not guided by my rules, and had no respect for my Sabbaths: for their hearts went after their images.

    17 But still my eye had pity on them and I kept them from destruction and did not put an end to them completely in the waste land.

    18 And I said to their children in the waste land, Do not be guided by the rules of your fathers or keep their orders or make yourselves unclean with their images:

    19 I am the Lord your God; be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them:

  • Ezek 20:21
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    21 But the children would not be controlled by me; they were not guided by my rules, and they did not keep and do my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the waste land.

  • Ezek 20:26-28
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    26 I made them unclean in the offerings they gave, causing them to make every first child go through the fire, so that I might put an end to them.

    27 For this cause, son of man, say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: In this your fathers have further put shame on my name by doing wrong against me.

    28 For when I had taken them into the land which I made an oath to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every branching tree and made their offerings there, moving me to wrath by their offerings; and there the sweet smell of their offerings went up and their drink offerings were drained out.

  • Ezek 5:6-7
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    6 And she has gone against my orders by doing evil more than the nations, and against my rules more than the countries round her: for they have given up my orders, and as for my rules, they have not gone in the way of them.

    7 For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have been more uncontrolled than the nations round about you, and have not been guided by my rules or kept my orders, but have kept the orders of the nations round about you;

  • 2 Kgs 17:19
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    19 (But even Judah did not keep the orders of the Lord their God, but were guided by the rules which Israel had made.

  • Lev 20:23
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    23 And do not keep the rules of the nations which I am driving out before you; for they did all these things, and for that reason my soul was turned against them.

  • Jer 1:16
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    16 And I will give my decision against them on account of all their evil-doing; because they have given me up, burning perfumes to other gods and worshipping the works of their hands.

  • Jer 9:13
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    13 And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to my voice and not being guided by it;

  • Ezek 11:12
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    12 And you will be certain that I am the Lord: for you have not been guided by my rules or given effect to my orders, but you have been living by the orders of the nations round about you.

  • 2 Kgs 17:15
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    15 And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws which he gave them; they gave themselves up to things without sense or value, and became foolish like the nations round them, of whom the Lord had said, Do not as they do.

  • Ezek 23:37
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    37 For she has been false to me, and blood is on her hands, and with her images she has been untrue; and more than this, she made her sons, whom she had by me, go through the fire to them to be burned up.

  • Lev 18:5
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    5 So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.

  • Ezek 11:20
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    20 So that they may be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them: and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.

  • Ezek 36:19
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    19 And I sent them in flight among the nations and wandering through the countries: I was their judge, rewarding them for their way and their acts.

  • Ps 81:12
    69%

    12 So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.

  • Exod 21:1
    69%

    1 Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
    69%

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

  • Ezek 20:30-31
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    30 For this cause say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Are you making yourselves unclean as your fathers did? are you being untrue to me by going after their disgusting works?

    31 And when you give your offerings, causing your sons to go through the fire, you make yourselves unclean with all your images to this day; and will you come to me for directions, O children of Israel? By my life, says the Lord, you will get no direction from me.

  • Ezek 16:50
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    50 They were full of pride and did what was disgusting to me: and so I took them away as you have seen.

  • Ezek 20:7-8
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    7 And I said to them, Let every man among you put away the disgusting things to which his eyes are turned, and do not make yourselves unclean with the images of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.

    8 But they would not be controlled by me, and did not give ear to me; they did not put away the disgusting things to which their eyes were turned, or give up the images of Egypt: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the land of Egypt.

  • Lev 26:43
    69%

    43 And the land, while she is without them, will keep her Sabbaths; and they will undergo the punishment of their sins, because they were turned away from my decisions and in their souls was hate for my laws.

  • Judg 2:17
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    17 But still they would not give ear to their judges, but went after other gods and gave them worship; quickly turning from the way in which their fathers had gone, keeping the orders of the Lord; but they did not do so.

  • Lev 26:15
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    15 And if you go against my rules and if you have hate in your souls for my decisions and you do not do all my orders, but go against my agreement;

  • Jer 34:18
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    18 And I will give the men who have gone against my agreement and have not given effect to the words of the agreement which they made before me, when the ox was cut in two and they went between the parts of it,

  • 1 Kgs 11:33
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    33 Because they are turned away from me to the worship of Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites; they have not been walking in my ways or doing what is right in my eyes or keeping my laws and my decisions as his father David did.

  • Jer 32:35
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    35 And they put up the high places of the Baal in the valley of the son of Hinnom, making their sons and their daughters go through the fire to Molech; which I did not give them orders to do, and it never came into my mind that they would do this disgusting thing, causing Judah to be turned out of the way.

  • Ezek 20:4
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    4 Will you be their judge, O son of man, will you be their judge? make clear to them the disgusting ways of their fathers,

  • Jer 11:8
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    8 But they gave no attention and did not give ear, but they went on, every man in the pride of his evil heart: so I sent on them all the curses in this agreement, which I gave them orders to keep, but they did not.

  • Heb 8:9
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    9 Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand, to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; for they did not keep the agreement with me, and I gave them up, says the Lord.

  • Lev 18:30
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    30 So then, keep my orders, so that you may not do any of these disgusting things which were done before you, or make yourselves unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.

  • 2 Kgs 17:8
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    8 Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel.

  • Amos 2:4
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    4 These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Judah, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have given up the law of the Lord, and have not kept his rules; and their false ways, in which their fathers went, have made them go out of the right way.

  • Neh 9:29
    68%

    29 And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.

  • Ps 89:31
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    31 If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;

  • Lev 18:3
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    3 You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules.