Psalms 78:58

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They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols.

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  • Lev 26:30 : 30 I 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.
  • Deut 32:21 : 21 They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them.
  • 1 Kgs 11:7 : 7 Furthermore, on the hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a high place for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
  • Deut 12:2 : 2 You 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.
  • 1 Kgs 12:31 : 31 He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests common people who were not Levites.
  • Ps 79:5 : 5 How long will this go on, O LORD? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?
  • Ps 97:7 : 7 All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him.
  • Jer 8:19 : 19 I hear my dear people crying out throughout the length and breadth of the land. They are crying,‘Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her divine King no longer there?’” The LORD answers,“Why then do they provoke me to anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?”
  • Ezek 8:3-5 : 3 He stretched out the form of a hand and grabbed me by a lock of hair on my head. Then a wind lifted me up between the earth and sky and brought me to Jerusalem by means of divine visions, to the door of the inner gate which faces north where the statue which provokes to jealousy was located. 4 Then I perceived that the glory of the God of Israel was there, as in the vision I had seen earlier in the valley. 5 He said to me,“Son of man, look up toward the north.” So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.
  • Ezek 20:28-29 : 28 I brought them to the land which I swore to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings. 29 So I said to them, What is this high place you go to?’”(So it is called“High Place” to this day.)
  • Hos 13:2 : 2 Even now they persist in sin! They make metal images for themselves, idols that they skillfully fashion from their own silver; all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen! There is a saying about them:“Those who sacrifice to the calf idol are calf kissers!”
  • 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?
  • Deut 12:4 : 4 You must not worship the LORD your God the way they worship.
  • Deut 27:15 : 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!’
  • Deut 32:16-17 : 16 They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols. 17 They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods they had not known; to new gods who had recently come along, gods your ancestors had not known about.
  • Num 33:52 : 52 you 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.
  • Deut 4:16-25 : 16 I 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, 17 any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky, 18 anything that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters of the earth. 19 When you look up to the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars– the whole heavenly creation– you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, for the LORD your God has assigned them to all the people of the world. 20 You, however, the LORD has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today. 21 But the LORD became angry with me because of you and vowed that I would never cross the Jordan nor enter the good land that he is about to give you. 22 So I must die here in this land; I will not cross the Jordan. But you are going over and will possess that good land. 23 Be 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. 24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God. 25 Threat 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 20:4-5 : 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. 5 You 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,
  • Exod 34:14 : 14 For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
  • 1 Kgs 11:10 : 10 and had warned him about this very thing, so that he would not follow other gods. But he did not obey the LORD’s command.
  • Judg 2:11-12 : 11 A Monotonous Cycle The Israelites did evil before the LORD by worshiping the Baals. 12 They abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods– the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped them and made the LORD angry.
  • Judg 2:17 : 17 But they did not obey their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned aside from the path their ancestors had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the LORD’s commands, but they did not.
  • Judg 2:20 : 20 A Divine Decision The LORD was furious with Israel. He said,“This nation has violated the terms of the covenant I made with their ancestors by disobeying me.
  • Judg 10:6 : 6 The Lord’s Patience Runs Short The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the LORD and did not worship him.

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  • Deut 32:16
    84%

    16They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols.

  • 2 Kgs 17:10-12
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    79%

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

    11They burned incense on all the high places just like the nations whom the LORD had driven away from before them. Their evil practices made the LORD angry.

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

  • Ps 78:59
    79%

    59God heard and was angry; he completely rejected Israel.

  • Deut 32:21
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    21They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them.

  • Neh 9:18
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    18even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said,‘This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,’ or when they committed atrocious blasphemies.

  • Ps 78:56-57
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    56Yet they challenged and defied God Most High, and did not obey his commands.

    57They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.

  • Ps 106:29
    76%

    29They made the LORD angry by their actions, and a plague broke out among them.

  • Ps 78:40-41
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    40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the wastelands!

    41They again challenged God, and offended the Holy One of Israel.

  • Ps 78:17
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    17Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the Most High in the desert.

  • Judg 2:12
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    12They abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods– the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped them and made the LORD angry.

  • 2 Chr 28:25
    74%

    25In every city throughout Judah he set up high places to offer sacrifices to other gods. He angered the LORD God of his ancestors.

  • Deut 9:22
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    22Moreover, you continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.

  • 1 Kgs 14:22-23
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    22Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done.

    23They even built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

  • 2 Kgs 17:17
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    17They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD and made him angry.

  • Deut 9:8
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    8At Horeb you provoked him and he was angry enough with you to destroy you.

  • Jer 44:3
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    3This happened because of the wickedness the people living there did. They made me angry by worshiping and offering sacrifice to other gods whom neither they nor you nor your ancestors previously knew.

  • Ps 78:21
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    21When the LORD heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up against Israel,

  • 2 Kgs 22:17
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    17This will happen because they have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to other gods, angering me with all the idols they have made. My anger will ignite against this place and will not be extinguished!’”

  • Jer 44:8
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    8That is what will result from your making me angry by what you are doing. You are making me angry by sacrificing to other gods here in the land of Egypt where you live. You will be destroyed for doing that! You will become an example used in curses and an object of ridicule among all the nations of the earth.

  • Ps 106:19
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    19They made an image of a calf at Horeb, and worshiped a metal idol.

  • Exod 32:8
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    8They have quickly turned aside from the way that I commanded them– they have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and said,‘These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt.’”

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    28I brought them to the land which I swore to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings.

  • Isa 65:3
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    3These people continually and blatantly offend me as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards and burn incense on brick altars.

  • Jer 7:19
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    19But I am not really the one being troubled!” says the LORD.“Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame!

  • Neh 9:26
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    26“Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.

  • Deut 6:15
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    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.

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    72%

    8Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the product of their own hands, what their own fingers have fashioned.

  • Ps 106:32-33
    2 verses
    71%

    32They made him angry by the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered because of them,

    33for they aroused his temper, and he spoke rashly.

  • Exod 34:14
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    14For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

  • Judg 2:20
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    20A Divine Decision The LORD was furious with Israel. He said,“This nation has violated the terms of the covenant I made with their ancestors by disobeying me.

  • Acts 7:41
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    41At that time they made an idol in the form of a calf, brought a sacrifice to the idol, and began rejoicing in the works of their hands.

  • Deut 32:19
    71%

    19A Word of Judgment But the LORD took note and despised them because his sons and daughters enraged him.

  • Hos 10:2
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    2Their hearts are slipping; soon they will be punished for their guilt. The LORD will break their altars; he will completely destroy their fertility pillars.

  • 2 Chr 34:25
    71%

    25This will happen because they have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to other gods, angering me with all the idols they have made. My anger will ignite against this place and will not be extinguished!’”

  • 2 Chr 24:18
    71%

    18They abandoned the temple of the LORD God of their ancestors, and worshiped the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem.

  • 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,

  • 1 Kgs 14:9
    71%

    9You have sinned more than all who came before you. You went and angered me by making other gods, formed out of metal; you have completely disregarded me.

  • Jer 25:6-7
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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.’

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    71%

    19But again I ask, didn’t Israel understand? First Moses says,“I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger.”

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    5you who inflame your lusts among the oaks and under every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs.

  • Deut 29:28
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    28So the LORD has uprooted them from their land in anger, wrath, and great rage and has deported them to another land, as is clear today.”

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    40So the LORD was angry with his people and despised the people who belong to him.

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    2Their children are always thinking about their altars and their sacred poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah, set up beside the green trees on the high hills