Deuteronomy 4:23

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he ma with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidn thee.

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  • Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they part from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
  • Deut 4:15-16 : 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitu on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitu of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
  • Deut 6:12 : 12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
  • Deut 27:9 : 9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.
  • Deut 29:25 : 25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he ma with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
  • Deut 31:20 : 20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
  • Josh 23:11 : 11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
  • Josh 23:16 : 16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
  • 1 Chr 16:15 : 15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
  • Isa 24:5 : 5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
  • Jer 31:22 : 22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
  • Ezek 16:59 : 59 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
  • Matt 24:4 : 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
  • Luke 21:8 : 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
  • Heb 3:12 : 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
  • Exod 20:4-5 : 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

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  • Deut 4:15-16
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    15Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitu on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

    16Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitu of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

  • Deut 4:24-25
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    24For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

    25When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

  • Exod 20:3-4
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    3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

    4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

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    12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

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    7Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

    8Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

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    1Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.

  • Josh 23:11-12
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    11Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.

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    37And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

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    4Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

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    11Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

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    16Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not ceived, and ye turn asi, and serve other gods, and worship them;

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    9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they part from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

    10Specially the day that thou stoost before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

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

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    25The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not sire 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.

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

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    17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

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    22Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.

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    28And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

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    19And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shoulst be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divid unto all nations unr the whole heaven.

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    19And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

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    14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;

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    23Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

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    32Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

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    12Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

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    17But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

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    15Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

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    14Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

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    6And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

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    19Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.

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    12That thou shoulst enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

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