Deuteronomy 4:16

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

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  • Exod 20:4-5 : 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,
  • Exod 32:7 : 7 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves."
  • Deut 4:23 : 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.
  • Deut 5:8 : 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.
  • Acts 17:29 : 29 Therefore, since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone—an image formed by human skill and imagination.
  • Acts 20:4-5 : 4 Accompanying him as far as Asia were Sopater of Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and from Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. 5 These men went ahead and waited for us at Troas.
  • Rom 1:22-24 : 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools. 23 And they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, animals, and creeping things. 24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Ps 106:19-20 : 19 They made a calf at Horeb and worshiped a cast image. 20 They exchanged their glory for the image of an ox that eats grass.
  • Isa 40:18 : 18 To whom, then, will you compare God? What image can you find to resemble Him?
  • John 4:24 : 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.
  • Deut 4:25 : 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,
  • Deut 4:8-9 : 8 And what great nation has righteous statutes and judgments like this entire law that I am setting before you today? 9 Only be careful and guard your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 4:15
    84%

    15So 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.

  • Exod 20:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

    3You shall have no other gods before Me.

    4You 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 4:23
    83%

    23Be 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.

  • Deut 5:7-8
    2 verses
    82%

    7You shall have no other gods before Me.

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

  • Deut 4:17-19
    3 verses
    82%

    17Or in the form of any animal on the earth, or any bird that flies in the sky,

    18Or any creature that moves along the ground, or any fish in the waters below the earth.

    19And be careful not to lift your eyes toward the heavens and see the sun, the moon, and the stars—all the host of heaven—and be led astray to bow down to them and worship them, things the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

  • Deut 4:25
    80%

    25When 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 34:15-17
    3 verses
    79%

    15Be 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.

    16And when you take some of their daughters as wives for your sons, their daughters will lead your sons to prostitute themselves to their gods.

    17Do not make any molten gods for yourselves.

  • Lev 26:1
    79%

    1Do 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.

  • Deut 16:21-22
    2 verses
    77%

    21You 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.

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

  • Lev 19:4
    77%

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

  • Deut 12:4
    75%

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

  • Deut 27:15
    75%

    15Cursed 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.'

  • Deut 7:25-26
    2 verses
    74%

    25You 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.

    26Do 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.

  • Exod 20:23
    73%

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

  • Deut 4:28
    73%

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

  • Rom 1:23
    73%

    23And they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, animals, and creeping things.

  • Isa 40:18
    72%

    18To whom, then, will you compare God? What image can you find to resemble Him?

  • Isa 44:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses see nothing and know nothing, so they will be put to shame.

    10Who fashions a god or casts an idol that can profit nothing?

  • Deut 6:14
    72%

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

  • Lev 19:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

    28Do not make cuts on your body for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

  • Deut 29:17
    72%

    17Make 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.

  • Ezek 16:17
    72%

    17You also took the fine jewelry made of gold and silver that I had given you, and you made male idols for yourself and engaged in prostitution with them.

  • Isa 30:22
    71%

    22Then you will defile your idols overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold; you will throw them away like a menstrual cloth and say to them, 'Away with you!'

  • Deut 4:12
    71%

    12Then the LORD spoke to you from the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form—there was only a voice.

  • Mic 5:13
    71%

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

  • Lev 18:24
    71%

    24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

  • Lev 18:19-21
    3 verses
    71%

    19Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during the uncleanness of her monthly period.

    20Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

    21Do 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.

  • Num 33:52
    71%

    52you 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.

  • Isa 17:8
    71%

    8They 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.

  • Exod 23:24
    70%

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

  • Exod 34:13
    70%

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

  • Deut 4:2
    70%

    2Do 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.

  • Gen 1:27
    70%

    27So God created mankind in his own image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

  • Exod 25:40
    70%

    40See to it that you make them according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.

  • Jer 16:20
    70%

    20Can people make their own gods? Such gods are not gods at all!

  • Prov 6:25
    70%

    25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

  • Ezek 20:7
    70%

    7And I said to them, 'Each of you, get rid of the detestable things your eyes are set on, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.'

  • Deut 20:18
    70%

    18This 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.