Deuteronomy 12:4

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 20:23 : 23 You must not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am about to drive out before you, because they have done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them.
  • Deut 12:30-31 : 30 After they have been destroyed from your presence, be careful not to be ensnared like they are; do not pursue their gods and say,“How do these nations serve their gods? I will do the same.” 31 You must not worship the LORD your God the way they do! For everything that is abhorrent to him, everything he hates, they have done when worshiping their gods. They even burn up their sons and daughters before their gods!
  • Deut 16:21-22 : 21 Examples of Legal Cases You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole near the altar of the LORD your God which you build for yourself. 22 You must not erect a sacred pillar, a thing the LORD your God detests.
  • Deut 20:18 : 18 so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.

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  • Deut 12:30-31
    2 verses
    83%

    30After they have been destroyed from your presence, be careful not to be ensnared like they are; do not pursue their gods and say,“How do these nations serve their gods? I will do the same.”

    31You must not worship the LORD your God the way they do! For everything that is abhorrent to him, everything he hates, they have done when worshiping their gods. They even burn up their sons and daughters before their gods!

  • Exod 23:24
    82%

    24“You must not bow down to their gods; you must not serve them or do according to their practices. Instead you must completely overthrow them and smash their standing stones to pieces.

  • Lev 19:4
    82%

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

  • Deut 12:2-3
    2 verses
    81%

    2You must by all means destroy all the places where the nations you are about to dispossess worship their gods– on the high mountains and hills and under every leafy tree.

    3You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, burn up their sacred Asherah poles, and cut down the images of their gods; you must eliminate their very memory from that place.

  • Deut 6:14
    81%

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

  • Exod 34:13-15
    3 verses
    80%

    13Rather you must destroy their altars, smash their images, and cut down their Asherah poles.

    14For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

    15Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you, you will eat from his sacrifice;

  • Deut 16:21-22
    2 verses
    80%

    21Examples of Legal Cases You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole near the altar of the LORD your God which you build for yourself.

    22You must not erect a sacred pillar, a thing the LORD your God detests.

  • Exod 34:17
    80%

    17You must not make yourselves molten gods.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
    80%

    12They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the LORD’s command.

  • Lev 26:1
    79%

    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.

  • Judg 2:2
    79%

    2but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ But you have disobeyed me. Why would you do such a thing?

  • Exod 20:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    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 that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.

  • Deut 4:2
    78%

    2Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am delivering to you.

  • Exod 23:32
    78%

    32“You must make no covenant with them or with their gods.

  • Deut 7:25
    78%

    25You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the LORD your God.

  • Deut 20:18
    78%

    18so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
    78%

    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.

  • Deut 4:23
    77%

    23Be on guard so that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he has made with you, and that you do not make an image of any kind, just as he has forbidden you.

  • Ps 81:9
    77%

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

  • Deut 5:7-8
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    77%

    7You must not have any other gods besides me.

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

  • Josh 23:7
    77%

    7or associate with these nations that remain near you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! You must not worship or bow down to them!

  • Deut 7:5
    77%

    5Instead, this is what you must do to them: You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, cut down their sacred Asherah poles, and burn up their idols.

  • Jer 25:6
    77%

    6Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship and serve them. Do not make me angry by the things that you do. Then I will not cause you any harm.’

  • Deut 12:13
    77%

    13Make sure you do not offer burnt offerings in any place you wish,

  • Lev 22:24
    77%

    24You must not present to the LORD something with testicles that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut off; you must not do this in your land.

  • Deut 6:16
    76%

    16Exhortation to Obey the Lord Exclusively You must not put the LORD your God to the test as you did at Massah.

  • Deut 4:28
    76%

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

  • Deut 18:9
    76%

    9Provision for Prophetism When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.

  • Deut 12:5
    76%

    5But 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.

  • Exod 20:23
    76%

    23You must not make gods of silver alongside me, nor make gods of gold for yourselves.

  • Lev 18:3
    76%

    3You must not do as they do in the land of Egypt where you have been living, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan into which I am about to bring you; you must not walk in their statutes.

  • Deut 27:5
    75%

    5Then you must build an altar there to the LORD your God, an altar of stones– do not use an iron tool on them.

  • Deut 12:25
    75%

    25You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the LORD’s sight.

  • Deut 17:1
    75%

    1You must not sacrifice to him a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive to the LORD your God.

  • Deut 4:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15The Nature of Israel’s God Be very careful, then, because you saw no form at the time the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire.

    16I say this so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female,

  • Deut 4:25
    75%

    25Threat and Blessing following Covenant Disobedience After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind and do other evil things before the LORD your God that enrage him,

  • Exod 20:25
    75%

    25If you make me an altar of stone, you must not build it of stones shaped with tools, for if you use your tool on it you have defiled it.

  • Deut 5:12
    75%

    12Be careful to observe the Sabbath day just as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Lev 19:12
    75%

    12You must not swear falsely in my name, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 18:21
    75%

    21You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD!

  • Exod 22:20
    75%

    20“Whoever sacrifices to a god other than the LORD alone must be utterly destroyed.

  • Isa 17:8
    74%

    8They will no longer trust in the altars their hands made, or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made.