Psalms 106:19

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They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an image of gold.

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  • Exod 32:4-8 : 4 And he took the gold from them and, hammering it with an instrument, he made it into the metal image of a young ox: and they said, This is your god, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw this, he made an altar before it, and made a public statement, saying, Tomorrow there will be a feast to the Lord. 6 So early on the day after they got up and made burned offerings and peace-offerings; and took their seats at the feast, and then gave themselves to pleasure. 7 And the Lord said to Moses, Go down quickly; for your people, whom you took out of the land of Egypt, are turned to evil ways; 8 Even now they are turned away from the rule I gave them, and have made themselves a metal ox and given worship to it and offerings, saying, This is your god, O Israel, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 32:35 : 35 And the Lord sent punishment on the people because they gave worship to the ox which Aaron made.
  • Deut 9:8 : 8 Again in Horeb you made the Lord angry, and in his wrath he would have put an end to you.
  • Deut 9:12-16 : 12 And the Lord said to me, Get up now, and go down quickly from this place; for the people you have taken out of Egypt have given themselves over to evil; they have quickly been turned from the way in which I gave them orders to go; they have made themselves a metal image. 13 And then the Lord said to me, I have seen that this people is stiff-necked: 14 Let me send destruction on them till their very name is cut off; and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they. 15 So turning round I came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two stones of the agreement were in my hands. 16 And I saw that you had done evil against the Lord, and had made for yourselves a metal image of a young ox: you had quickly been turned from the way in which the Lord had given you orders to go.
  • Deut 9:21 : 21 And I took your sin, the image which you had made, and put it in the fire and had it hammered and crushed very small till it was only dust: and the dust I put in the stream flowing down from the mountain.
  • Neh 9:18 : 18 Even when they had made for themselves an ox of metal, and said, This is your God who took you up out of Egypt, and had done so much to make you angry;
  • Acts 7:41 : 41 And they made the image of a young ox in those days, and made an offering to it, and had joy in the work of their hands.
  • 1 Cor 10:7 : 7 Then do not go after false gods, as some of them did; as it is said in the holy Writings, After resting and feasting, the people got up to take their pleasure.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 106:20-21
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    85%

    20And their glory was changed into the image of an ox, whose food is grass.

    21They had no memory of God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;

  • Neh 9:18
    84%

    18Even when they had made for themselves an ox of metal, and said, This is your God who took you up out of Egypt, and had done so much to make you angry;

  • Acts 7:40-42
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    40And 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.

    41And they made the image of a young ox in those days, and made an offering to it, and had joy in the work of their hands.

    42But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel?

  • Exod 32:7-8
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    81%

    7And the Lord said to Moses, Go down quickly; for your people, whom you took out of the land of Egypt, are turned to evil ways;

    8Even now they are turned away from the rule I gave them, and have made themselves a metal ox and given worship to it and offerings, saying, This is your god, O Israel, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 32:4
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    4And he took the gold from them and, hammering it with an instrument, he made it into the metal image of a young ox: and they said, This is your god, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 32:23-24
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    78%

    23For they said to me, Make us a god to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us up out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has come to him.

    24Then I said to them, Whoever has any gold, let him take it off; so they gave it to me, and I put it in the fire, and this image of an ox came out.

  • 2 Kgs 17:16
    77%

    16And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.

  • Deut 9:16
    77%

    16And I saw that you had done evil against the Lord, and had made for yourselves a metal image of a young ox: you had quickly been turned from the way in which the Lord had given you orders to go.

  • Hos 13:2
    76%

    2And now their sins are increased; they have made themselves a metal image, false gods from their silver, after their designs, all of them the work of the metal-workers; they say of them, Let them give offerings, let men give kisses to the oxen.

  • Deut 9:12
    76%

    12And the Lord said to me, Get up now, and go down quickly from this place; for the people you have taken out of Egypt have given themselves over to evil; they have quickly been turned from the way in which I gave them orders to go; they have made themselves a metal image.

  • Ps 106:18
    75%

    18And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames.

  • Exod 32:19-20
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    75%

    19And when he came near the tents he saw the image of the ox, and the people dancing; and in his wrath Moses let the stones go from his hands, and they were broken at the foot of the mountain.

    20And he took the ox which they had made, burning it in the fire and crushing it to powder, and he put it in the water and made the children of Israel take a drink of it.

  • Exod 32:35
    74%

    35And the Lord sent punishment on the people because they gave worship to the ox which Aaron made.

  • 1 Kgs 12:28
    73%

    28So after taking thought the king made two oxen of gold; and he said to the people, You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough; see! these are your gods, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

  • Ps 106:29
    73%

    29So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them.

  • Ps 106:36
    73%

    36And they gave worship to images; which were a danger to them:

  • Ps 106:39
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    39So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires.

  • Isa 46:6
    72%

    6As for those who take gold out of a bag, and put silver in the scales, they give payment to a gold-worker, to make it into a god; they go down on their faces and give it worship.

  • Ps 78:58
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    58They made him angry with their high places; moving him to wrath with their images.

  • Isa 44:17
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    17And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his pictured image: he goes down on his face before it, giving worship to it, and making prayer to it, saying, Be my saviour; for you are my god.

  • Exod 34:17
    71%

    17Make for yourselves no gods of metal.

  • Deut 9:21
    71%

    21And I took your sin, the image which you had made, and put it in the fire and had it hammered and crushed very small till it was only dust: and the dust I put in the stream flowing down from the mountain.

  • Isa 40:19
    71%

    19The workman makes an image, and the gold-worker puts gold plates over it, and makes silver bands for it.

  • Exod 32:1
    71%

    1And when the people saw that Moses was a long time coming down from the mountain, they all came to Aaron and said to him, Come, make us a god to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us up out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.

  • Amos 5:26
    71%

    26Truly, you will take up Saccuth your king and Kaiwan your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.

  • Ps 106:14
    71%

    14They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.

  • Hos 11:2
    71%

    2When I sent for them, then they went away from me; they made offerings to the Baals, burning perfumes to images.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
    71%

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

  • Judg 18:31
    71%

    31And they put up for themselves the image which Micah had made, and it was there all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

  • Hos 8:6
    71%

    6The workman made it, it is no god; the ox of Samaria will be broken into bits.

  • Isa 2:8
    70%

    8Their land is full of images; they give worship to the work of their hands, even to that which their fingers have made.

  • Judg 2:12
    70%

    12And 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.

  • Exod 32:31
    70%

    31Then Moses went back to the Lord and said, This people has done a great sin, making themselves a god of gold;

  • Ps 115:4
    70%

    4Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

  • Isa 44:10
    70%

    10Whoever makes a god, makes nothing but a metal image in which there is no profit.

  • Rom 1:23
    69%

    23And 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.

  • 2 Kgs 17:10
    69%

    10They put up pillars of stone and wood on every high hill and under every green tree:

  • Num 25:2
    69%

    2For they sent for the people to be present at the offerings made to their gods; and the people took part in their feasts and gave honour to their gods.