2 Kings 17:36

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Instead you must worship the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt by his great power and military ability; bow down to him and offer sacrifices to him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 6:6 : 6 Therefore, tell the Israelites,‘I am the LORD. I will bring you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians, I will rescue you from the hard labor they impose, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
  • Deut 6:13 : 13 You must revere the LORD your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.
  • Exod 9:15 : 15 For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with plague, and you would have been destroyed from the earth.
  • Lev 19:32 : 32 You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
  • Deut 5:15 : 15 Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there by strength and power. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
  • Deut 10:20 : 20 Revere the LORD your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.
  • Deut 12:5-6 : 5 But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there. 6 And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
  • Deut 12:11-12 : 11 Then you must come to the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you– your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him. 12 You shall rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages(since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).
  • Jer 32:21 : 21 You used your mighty power and your great strength to perform miracles and amazing deeds and to bring great terror on the Egyptians. By this means you brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
  • Acts 4:30 : 30 while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
  • Rev 15:4 : 4 Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 35The LORD made a covenant with them and instructed them,“You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them.

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    37You must carefully obey at all times the rules, regulations, law, and commandments he wrote down for you. You must not worship other gods.

    38You must never forget the covenant I made with you, and you must not worship other gods.

    39Instead you must worship the LORD your God; then he will rescue you from the power of all your enemies.”

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    20Revere the LORD your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.

    21He is the one you should praise; he is your God, the one who has done these great and awesome things for you that you have seen.

  • Deut 6:12-14
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    12be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery.

    13You must revere the LORD your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.

    14You must not go after other gods, those of the surrounding peoples,

  • 33the one who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.

  • 14Now obey the LORD and worship him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt and worship the LORD.

  • Deut 7:18-19
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    18you must not fear them. You must carefully recall what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt,

    19the great judgments you saw, the signs and wonders, the strength and power by which he brought you out– thus the LORD your God will do to all the people you fear.

  • 4You must follow the LORD your God and revere only him; and you must observe his commandments, obey him, serve him, and remain loyal to him.

  • 6The Ten Commandments“I am the LORD your God, he who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the place of slavery.

  • 21You used your mighty power and your great strength to perform miracles and amazing deeds and to bring great terror on the Egyptians. By this means you brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt.

  • 15Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there by strength and power. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

  • 8Therefore the LORD brought us out of Egypt with tremendous strength and power, as well as with great awe-inspiring signs and wonders.

  • 27then you will say,‘It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s Passover, when he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck Egypt and delivered our households.’” The people bowed down low to the ground,

  • 6So you must keep his commandments, live according to his standards, and revere him.

  • Lev 19:3-4
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    3Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

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

  • 31When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, they feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.

  • 13I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from being their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and caused you to walk upright.

  • 24However, fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!

  • 10I said to you,“I am the LORD your God! Do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’”

  • 41I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD your God.”

  • 9There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.

  • Exod 20:2-3
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    2“I, the LORD, am your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.

    3“You shall have no other gods before me.

  • 9Worship the LORD in holy attire! Tremble before him, all the earth!

  • 30The LORD your God is about to go ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt

  • 34Or has God ever before tried to deliver a nation from the middle of another nation, accompanied by judgments, signs, wonders, war, strength, power, and other very terrifying things like the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

  • 11Make vows to the LORD your God and repay them! Let all those who surround him bring tribute to the awesome one!

  • 13Moses said to the people,“Do not fear! Stand firm and see the salvation of the LORD that he will provide for you today; for the Egyptians that you see today you will never, ever see again.

  • 4Well-Fed Israel Will Be Fed to Wild Animals But I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt. Therefore, you must not acknowledge any God but me; except me there is no Savior.

  • 4You must not worship the LORD your God the way they worship.

  • 28There you will worship gods made by human hands– wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

  • 12Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.

  • 33They were worshiping the LORD and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

  • 20You, however, the LORD has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.

  • 58The Curse of Covenant Termination“If you refuse to obey all the words of this law, the things written in this scroll, and refuse to fear this glorious and awesome name, the LORD your God,

  • 38I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan– to be your God.

  • Lev 26:1-2
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    1Exhortation to Obedience“‘You must not make for yourselves idols, so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before it, for I am the LORD your God.

    2You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

  • 4For the LORD is great and certainly worthy of praise; he is more awesome than all gods.

  • 25For the LORD is great and certainly worthy of praise, he is more awesome than all gods.

  • 13Moses said to the LORD,“When the Egyptians hear it– for you brought up this people by your power from among them–

  • 8Rather it is because of his love for you and his faithfulness to the promise he solemnly vowed to your ancestors that the LORD brought you out with great power, redeeming you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

  • 8Now, don’t be stubborn like your fathers! Submit to the LORD and come to his sanctuary which he has permanently consecrated. Serve the LORD your God so that he might relent from his raging anger.