Deuteronomy 18:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For all that do these things [are] an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 18:24 : 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
  • Deut 9:4 : 4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
  • Lev 18:27 : 27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which [were] before you, and the land is defiled;)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 25:16
    84%

    16 For all that do such things, [and] all that do unrighteously, [are] an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

  • Deut 18:9-11
    3 verses
    82%

    9 ¶ When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

    10 There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

    11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

  • Lev 18:24-30
    7 verses
    82%

    24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

    25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

    26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit [any] of these abominations; [neither] any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

    27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which [were] before you, and the land is defiled;)

    28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that [were] before you.

    29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit [them] shall be cut off from among their people.

    30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that [ye] commit not [any one] of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I [am] the LORD your God.

  • Deut 12:30-31
    2 verses
    79%

    30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

    31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

  • Deut 7:25-26
    2 verses
    78%

    25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold [that is] on them, nor take [it] unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it [is] an abomination to the LORD thy God.

    26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: [but] thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it [is] a cursed thing.

  • Lev 20:22-23
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    77%

    22 ¶ Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.

    23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

  • Deut 20:17-18
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    17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; [namely], the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:

    18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.

  • Deut 18:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.

    14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so [to do].

  • Deut 14:3
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    3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

  • Deut 17:4
    75%

    4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard [of it], and enquired diligently, and, behold, [it be] true, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought in Israel:

  • Lev 18:21-22
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    21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD.

    22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination.

  • Deut 17:1-2
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    74%

    1 ¶ Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God [any] bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, [or] any evilfavouredness: for that [is] an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

    2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

  • Deut 13:11
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    11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

  • Lev 19:31
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    31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
    73%

    12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

  • Deut 13:14
    73%

    14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, [if it be] truth, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought among you;

  • Lev 20:6-7
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    6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

    7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I [am] the LORD your God.

  • Exod 22:18
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    18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

  • Num 33:52
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    52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

  • Deut 22:5
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    5 ¶ The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.

  • Deut 12:4
    73%

    4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

  • Prov 6:16
    72%

    16 These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:

  • Deut 9:4
    72%

    4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.

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    72%

    19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.

  • Lev 20:27
    72%

    27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood [shall be] upon them.

  • Exod 34:15
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    15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and [one] call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

  • Ezek 11:18
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    18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

  • 2 Kgs 17:17
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    17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

  • Ezek 20:7
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    7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.

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    8 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man [there be] of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,

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    42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon [all] four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they [are] an abomination.

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    11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.

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