Deuteronomy 12:4

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Do not worship the Lord your God in the same way that they worship their gods.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 20:23 : 23 Do not follow the customs of the nations that I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
  • Deut 12:30-31 : 30 be careful that you are not ensnared by following them after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.' 31 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because they practice for their gods every abomination that the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
  • Deut 16:21-22 : 21 You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah pole of any tree beside the altar of the Lord your God that you will set up for yourself. 22 And you shall not set up for yourself a sacred pillar, which the Lord your God hates.
  • Deut 20:18 : 18 This is so they do not teach you to follow all the detestable practices they have done for their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 12:30-31
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    83%

    30 be careful that you are not ensnared by following them after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.'

    31 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because they practice for their gods every abomination that the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.

  • Exod 23:24
    82%

    24 Do not bow down to their gods or worship them or follow their practices. Instead, you must demolish them completely and shatter their sacred pillars.

  • Lev 19:4
    82%

    4 Do not turn to idols or make gods of cast metal for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 12:2-3
    2 verses
    81%

    2 Completely destroy all the places where the nations you are dispossessing worshiped their gods—on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

    3 Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn their Asherah poles with fire, cut down their carved idols, and obliterate the names of their gods from those places.

  • Deut 6:14
    81%

    14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.

  • Exod 34:13-15
    3 verses
    80%

    13 Instead, you must destroy their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles.

    14 For you must not worship any other god, because the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

    15 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat from their sacrifices.

  • Deut 16:21-22
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    21 You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah pole of any tree beside the altar of the Lord your God that you will set up for yourself.

    22 And you shall not set up for yourself a sacred pillar, which the Lord your God hates.

  • Exod 34:17
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    17 Do not make any molten gods for yourselves.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
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    12 They served idols, about which the Lord had said to them, 'You shall not do this thing.'

  • Lev 26:1
    79%

    1 Do not make idols for yourselves, or set up a carved image or a sacred pillar for yourselves, and do not place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the LORD your God.

  • Judg 2:2
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    2 But you must not make a covenant with the people who live in this land. Instead, you are to break down their altars. Yet you have not obeyed me. What is this that you have done?'

  • Exod 20:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3 You shall have no other gods before Me.

    4 You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or on the earth below, or in the waters under the earth.

  • Deut 4:2
    78%

    2 Do not add to the command that I am giving you, and do not take away from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am commanding you.

  • Exod 23:32
    78%

    32 Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.

  • Deut 7:25
    78%

    25 You must burn the carved images of their gods in the fire. Do not covet the silver or gold on them, and do not take it for yourself, or you will be ensnared by it. For it is detestable to the LORD your God.

  • Deut 20:18
    78%

    18 This is so they do not teach you to follow all the detestable practices they have done for their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
    78%

    35 The Lord made a covenant with them and commanded them, saying, 'Do not fear other gods, do not bow down to them, do not serve them, and do not sacrifice to them.'

  • Deut 4:23
    77%

    23 Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and not to make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything He has forbidden you.

  • Ps 81:9
    77%

    9 Hear, my people, and I will warn you—if you would only listen to me, Israel!

  • Deut 5:7-8
    2 verses
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    7 You shall have no other gods before Me.

    8 You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

  • Josh 23:7
    77%

    7 Do not associate with these nations that remain among you. Do not invoke the names of their gods, swear by them, serve them, or bow down to them.

  • Deut 7:5
    77%

    5 Instead, this is what you must do to them: Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, chop down their Asherah poles, and burn their carved images with fire.

  • Jer 25:6
    77%

    6 Do not follow other gods to serve them or worship them. Do not provoke me to anger with the works of your hands; then I will not bring disaster upon you.'

  • Deut 12:13
    77%

    13 Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see.

  • Lev 22:24
    77%

    24 You must not offer to the LORD any animals that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut, nor are you to do this in your land.

  • Deut 6:16
    76%

    16 Do not test the LORD your God as you did at Massah.

  • Deut 4:28
    76%

    28 There you will serve gods made by human hands—objects of wood and stone that cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.

  • Deut 18:9
    76%

    9 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable practices of those nations.

  • Deut 12:5
    76%

    5 Instead, seek the place that the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put His name and make His presence dwell, and go there.

  • Exod 20:23
    76%

    23 You shall not make gods of silver to be alongside Me, nor shall you make gods of gold for yourselves.

  • Lev 18:3
    76%

    3 You must not behave like the people of Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not follow their practices.

  • Deut 27:5
    75%

    5 Build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool on them.

  • Deut 12:25
    75%

    25 Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Deut 17:1
    75%

    1 Do not sacrifice to the LORD your God a bull or sheep with a defect or any flaw, for that would be detestable to the LORD your God.

  • Deut 4:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15 So be very careful for your own lives, because you did not see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire.

    16 Do not act corruptly by making for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure, whether male or female.

  • Deut 4:25
    75%

    25 When you have children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and if you act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, doing what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God to provoke Him to anger,

  • Exod 20:25
    75%

    25 If you make an altar of stones for Me, do not build it with stones that have been worked with tools; if you use your tool on it, you will defile it.

  • Deut 5:12
    75%

    12 Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Lev 19:12
    75%

    12 Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 18:21
    75%

    21 Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

  • Exod 22:20
    75%

    20 You must not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  • Isa 17:8
    74%

    8 They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands, nor will they regard what their fingers have made, neither the Asherim nor the incense altars.