Deuteronomy 16:22

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

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  • Lev 26:1 : 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.
  • Exod 20:4 : 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 12:31 : 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.
  • Jer 44:4 : 4 I sent you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying: 'Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.'
  • Zech 8:17 : 17 Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love false oaths, for I hate all these things, declares the LORD.
  • Rev 2:6 : 6 But you have this: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
  • Rev 2:15 : 15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans, which I hate.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Exod 20:3-5
    3 verses
    82%

    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.

    5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

  • Deut 5:7-9
    3 verses
    81%

    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.

    9 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the iniquity of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.

  • Deut 12:3-4
    2 verses
    80%

    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.

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

  • 17 Do not make any molten gods for yourselves.

  • 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.

  • Deut 7:25-26
    2 verses
    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.

    26 Do not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction just like it. Utterly detest and abhor it, for it is set apart for destruction.

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

  • Deut 4:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • 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.

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

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    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 6:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

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

    15 For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. His anger will burn against you, and He will destroy you from the face of the earth.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 13 I will uproot your Asherah poles from among you and demolish your cities.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 15 Cursed is anyone who makes a carved or cast idol, an abomination to the LORD, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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,

  • 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.'

  • 10 They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every leafy tree.

  • 52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

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    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.

    26 And do not go up to My altar by steps, so that your nakedness is not exposed on it.

  • 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.

  • 3 You shall not eat any detestable thing.

  • 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.'

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

  • 17 Make sure there is no man or woman, family, or tribe among you whose heart turns away today from the LORD our God to go and serve the gods of these nations. Make sure there is no root among you that produces poisonous and bitter fruit.

  • 30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and my soul will reject you.