Leviticus 20:23

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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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 18:3 : 3 You 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.
  • Lev 18:24 : 24 Warning against the Abominations of the Nations“‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things.
  • Lev 18:30 : 30 You must obey my charge not to practice any of the abominable statutes that have been done before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.’”
  • Deut 9:5 : 5 It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness, that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  • Lev 18:27 : 27 for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean.
  • 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!
  • Ps 78:59 : 59 God heard and was angry; he completely rejected Israel.
  • Jer 10:1-2 : 1 The Lord, not Idols, is the Only Worthy Object of Worship You people of Israel, listen to what the LORD has to say to you. 2 The LORD says,“Do not start following pagan religious practices. Do not be in awe of signs that occur in the sky even though the nations hold them in awe.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 18:24-30
    7 verses
    83%

    24Warning against the Abominations of the Nations“‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things.

    25Therefore the land has become unclean and I have brought the punishment for its iniquity upon it, so that the land has vomited out its inhabitants.

    26You yourselves must obey my statutes and my regulations and must not do any of these abominations, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner in your midst,

    27for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean.

    28So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it just as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

    29For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people.

    30You must obey my charge not to practice any of the abominable statutes that have been done before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.’”

  • Lev 20:22
    82%

    22Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience“‘You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations, so that the land to which I am about to bring you to take up residence there does not vomit you out.

  • Lev 18:3-4
    2 verses
    80%

    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.

    4You must observe my regulations and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 20:24-26
    3 verses
    79%

    24So I have said to you: You yourselves will possess their land and I myself will give it to you for a possession, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God who has set you apart from the other peoples.

    25Therefore you must distinguish between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean, and you must not make yourselves detestable by means of an animal or bird or anything that creeps on the ground– creatures I have distinguished for you as unclean.

    26You must be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.

  • Ezek 20:7
    78%

    7I said to them,“Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.”

  • Deut 20:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    17Instead you must utterly annihilate them– the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites– just as the LORD your God has commanded you,

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

  • Ezek 20:18-19
    2 verses
    78%

    18“‘But I said to their children in the wilderness,“Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

    19I am the LORD your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.

  • Deut 18:9
    78%

    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 18:12
    77%

    12Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the LORD and because of these detestable things the LORD your God is about to drive them out from before you.

  • 2 Kgs 17:8
    77%

    8they observed the practices of the nations whom the LORD had driven out from before them, and followed the example of the kings of Israel.

  • Jer 2:7
    76%

    7I brought you into a fertile land so you could enjoy its fruits and its rich bounty. But when you entered my land, you defiled it; you made the land I call my own loathsome to me.

  • Deut 7:26
    76%

    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.

  • Judg 2:2
    75%

    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?

  • Num 35:34
    75%

    34Therefore do not defile the land that you will inhabit, in which I live, for I the LORD live among the Israelites.”

  • Deut 9:4
    75%

    4Do not think to yourself after the LORD your God has driven them out before you,“Because of my own righteousness the LORD has brought me here to possess this land.” It is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out ahead of you.

  • Num 33:52
    75%

    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.

  • Josh 23:5
    75%

    5The LORD your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, so you can occupy their land as the LORD your God promised you.

  • Josh 23:7
    74%

    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!

  • Ezra 9:11
    74%

    11which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words:‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents! With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness.

  • Lev 26:15
    74%

    15if you reject my statutes and abhor my regulations so that you do not keep all my commandments and you break my covenant–

  • Exod 23:32
    74%

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

  • Deut 8:20
    74%

    20Just like the nations the LORD is about to destroy from your sight, so he will do to you because you would not obey him.

  • Ezek 11:12
    74%

    12Then you will know that I am the LORD, whose statutes you have not followed and whose regulations you have not carried out. Instead you have behaved according to the regulations of the nations around you!’”

  • Josh 7:12
    74%

    12The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. I will no longer be with you, unless you destroy what has contaminated you.

  • Exod 23:24
    74%

    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.

  • Ezek 20:38
    74%

    38I will eliminate from among you the rebels and those who revolt against me. I will bring them out from the land where they have been residing, but they will not come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 20:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them– a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

    16I did this because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols.

  • Ezek 20:24
    74%

    24I did this because they did not observe my regulations, they rejected my statutes, they desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers’ idols.

  • Deut 11:23
    74%

    23then he will drive out all these nations ahead of you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

  • Jer 44:22
    74%

    22Finally the LORD could no longer endure your wicked deeds and the disgusting things you did. That is why your land has become the desolate, uninhabited ruin that it is today. That is why it has become a proverbial example used in curses.

  • Lev 20:7
    73%

    7Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience“‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 20:15
    73%

    15This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.

  • Ezek 20:13
    73%

    13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not follow my statutes and they rejected my regulations(the one who obeys them will live by them), and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I decided to pour out my rage on them in the wilderness and destroy them.

  • 2 Chr 7:20
    73%

    20then I will remove you from my land I have given you, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and I will make you an object of mockery and ridicule among all the nations.

  • Deut 14:3
    73%

    3You must not eat any forbidden thing.

  • Ezek 5:7
    73%

    7“Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you are more arrogant than the nations around you, you have not followed my statutes and have not carried out my regulations. You have not even carried out the regulations of the nations around you!

  • Ezek 22:15
    73%

    15I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you among various countries; I will remove your impurity from you.

  • Deut 25:16
    73%

    16For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the LORD your God.