Deuteronomy 16:22

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:1 : 1 Exhortation 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.
  • Exod 20:4 : 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 12:31 : 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!
  • Jer 44:4 : 4 I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate.
  • Zech 8:17 : 17 Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath– these are all things that I hate,’ says the LORD.
  • Rev 2:6 : 6 But you do have this going for you: You hate what the Nicolaitans practice– practices I also hate.
  • Rev 2:15 : 15 In the same way, there are also some among you who follow the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

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  • Lev 26:1
    84%

    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.

  • Deut 16:21
    83%

    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.

  • Exod 20:3-5
    3 verses
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    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.

    5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,

  • Deut 5:7-9
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    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.

    9You must not worship or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God. I punish the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons for the sin of the fathers who reject me,

  • Deut 12:3-4
    2 verses
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    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.

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

  • Exod 34:17
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    17You must not make yourselves molten gods.

  • Exod 23:24
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    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.

  • Deut 7:25-26
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    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.

    26You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house and thereby become an object of divine wrath along with it. You must absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is an object of divine wrath.

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

  • Deut 4:15-16
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    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,

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    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.

  • Lev 19:4
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    4Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the LORD your God.

  • Exod 34:13-15
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    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 6:14-15
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    14You must not go after other gods, those of the surrounding peoples,

    15for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.

  • Exod 23:32
    76%

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

  • Deut 12:31
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    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!

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

  • Mic 5:13
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    13I will remove your idols and sacred pillars from your midst; you will no longer worship what your own hands made.

  • Isa 17:8
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    8They will no longer trust in the altars their hands made, or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made.

  • Deut 4:28
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    28There you will worship gods made by human hands– wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

  • Deut 17:1
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    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 27:15
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    15‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image– something abhorrent to the LORD, the work of the craftsman– and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Lev 18:21
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    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!

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
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    12They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the LORD’s command.

  • Josh 23:7
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    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 4:25
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    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,

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
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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.

  • 2 Kgs 17:10
    72%

    10They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

  • Num 33:52
    72%

    52you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places.

  • Exod 20:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

    26And you must not go up by steps to my altar, so that your nakedness is not exposed.’

  • Deut 20:18
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    18so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.

  • Deut 14:3
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    3You must not eat any forbidden thing.

  • Jer 25:6
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    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 18:9
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    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 7:5
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    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.

  • Deut 27:5
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    5Then you must build an altar there to the LORD your God, an altar of stones– do not use an iron tool on them.

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

  • Deut 29:17
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    17You have seen their detestable things and idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold.)

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    30I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars, and I will stack your dead bodies on top of the lifeless bodies of your idols. I will abhor you.