Psalms 106:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Jer 2:11 : 11 Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.
  • Rom 1:22-23 : 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.
  • Exod 20:4-5 : 4 You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth: 5 You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
  • Ps 89:17 : 17 For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.
  • Isa 40:18-25 : 18 Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him? 19 The workman makes an image, and the gold-worker puts gold plates over it, and makes silver bands for it. 20 The wise workman makes selection of the mulberry-tree of the offering, a wood which will not become soft; so that the image may be fixed to it and not be moved. 21 Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base? 22 It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place. 23 He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value. 24 They have only now been planted, and their seed put into the earth, and they have only now taken root, when he sends out his breath over them and they become dry, and the storm-wind takes them away like dry grass. 25 Who then seems to you to be my equal? says the Holy One.

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  • Ps 106:18-19
    2 verses
    85%

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

    19They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an image of gold.

  • Ps 106:21
    78%

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

  • Rom 1:21-25
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    77%

    21Because, 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.

    22Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

    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.

    24For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:

    25Because 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.

  • Neh 9:18
    76%

    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;

  • Exod 32:7-8
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    75%

    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.

  • Acts 7:40-42
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    74%

    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?

  • Hos 13:6
    74%

    6When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.

  • Hos 13:2
    72%

    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.

  • Ps 106:39
    71%

    39So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires.

  • Hos 4:7
    71%

    7Even while they were increasing in number they were sinning against me; I will let their glory be changed into shame.

  • Ps 106:36
    71%

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

  • Exod 32:4
    70%

    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.

  • Jer 2:11
    70%

    11Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.

  • 2 Kgs 17:16
    70%

    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.

  • Exod 32:23-24
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    69%

    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.

  • Exod 32:20
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    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.

  • Ps 78:58
    69%

    58They made him angry with their high places; moving him to wrath with their images.

  • Ps 106:29
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    29So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them.

  • Isa 66:3
    69%

    3He who puts an ox to death puts a man to death; he who makes an offering of a lamb puts a dog to death; he who makes a meal offering makes an offering of pig's blood; he who makes an offering of perfumes for a sign gives worship to an image: as they have gone after their desires, and their soul takes pleasure in their disgusting things;

  • Ps 106:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,

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

  • Isa 2:8
    69%

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

  • Hos 10:5
    68%

    5The people of Samaria will be full of fear because of the ox of Beth-aven; its people will have sorrow for it, and its priests will give cries of grief for its glory, for the glory has gone in flight.

  • Deut 9:16
    68%

    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.

  • Ps 78:11
    68%

    11They let his works go out of their memory, and the wonders which he had made them see.

  • Ps 115:4
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    4Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

  • Ps 78:30
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    30But they were not turned from their desires; and while the food was still in their mouths,

  • Isa 46:6
    68%

    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.

  • Ezek 7:20
    68%

    20As for their beautiful ornament, they had put it on high, and had made the images of their disgusting and hated things in it: for this cause I have made it an unclean thing to them.

  • Deut 32:16
    68%

    16The honour which was his they gave to strange gods; by their disgusting ways he was moved to wrath.

  • Ps 135:18
    68%

    18Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his hope in them.

  • Num 25:2
    67%

    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.

  • Deut 9:12
    67%

    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.

  • Deut 31:20
    67%

    20For when I have taken them into the land named in my oath to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, and they have made themselves full of food and are fat, then they will be turned to other gods and will give them worship, no longer honouring me or keeping my agreement.

  • Hos 8:5
    67%

    5I will have nothing to do with your young ox, O Samaria; my wrath is burning against them; how long will it be before the children of Israel make themselves clean?

  • Judg 2:12
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    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.

  • Ps 78:40
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    40How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!

  • Gen 41:20
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    20And the thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows who came up first;

  • Ps 115:8
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    8Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.

  • 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.