Deuteronomy 16:22

World English Bible (2000)

Neither shall you set yourself up a pillar; which Yahweh your God hates.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:1 : 1 "'You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am Yahweh your God.
  • Exod 20:4 : 4 "You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
  • Deut 12:31 : 31 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God: for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.
  • Jer 44:4 : 4 However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, don't do this abominable thing that I hate.
  • Zech 8:17 : 17 and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says Yahweh.
  • Rev 2:6 : 6 But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
  • Rev 2:15 : 15 So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans likewise.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 26:1
    84%

    1 "'You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am Yahweh your God.

  • Deut 16:21
    83%

    21 You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make for yourselves.

  • Exod 20:3-5
    3 verses
    82%

    3 "You shall have no other gods before me.

    4 "You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

    5 you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,

  • Deut 5:7-9
    3 verses
    81%

    7 "You shall have no other gods before me.

    8 "You shall not make an engraved image for yourself, [nor] any likeness [of anything] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

    9 you shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them; for I, Yahweh, your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me;

  • Deut 12:3-4
    2 verses
    80%

    3 and you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods; and you shall destroy their name out of that place.

    4 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God.

  • Exod 34:17
    79%

    17 "You shall make no cast idols for yourselves.

  • Exod 23:24
    78%

    24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.

  • Deut 7:25-26
    2 verses
    78%

    25 You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

    26 You shall not bring an abomination into your house, and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.

  • Ps 81:9
    77%

    9 There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

  • Deut 4:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15 Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no kind of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire.

    16 Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself an engraved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

  • Deut 4:23
    77%

    23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make you an engraved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.

  • Lev 19:4
    76%

    4 "'Don't turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.

  • Exod 34:13-15
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    76%

    13 but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherim;

    14 for you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

    15 "Don't make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;

  • Deut 6:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14 You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you;

    15 for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.

  • Exod 23:32
    76%

    32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

  • Deut 12:31
    75%

    31 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God: for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.

  • Exod 20:23
    75%

    23 You shall most certainly not make alongside of me gods of silver, or gods of gold for yourselves.

  • Mic 5:13
    75%

    13 I will cut off your engraved images and your pillars out of your midst; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands.

  • Isa 17:8
    74%

    8 They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the incense altars.

  • Deut 4:28
    73%

    28 There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

  • Deut 17:1
    73%

    1 You shall not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox, or a sheep, in which is a blemish, [or] anything evil; for that is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

  • Deut 27:15
    73%

    15 'Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' All the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.'

  • Lev 18:21
    73%

    21 "'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
    73%

    12 and they served idols, of which Yahweh had said to them, "You shall not do this thing."

  • Josh 23:7
    72%

    7 that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;

  • Deut 4:25
    72%

    25 When you shall father children, and children's children, and you shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make an engraved image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, to provoke him to anger;

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
    72%

    35 with whom Yahweh had made a covenant, and commanded them, saying, "You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;

  • 2 Kgs 17:10
    72%

    10 and they set them up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, and under every green tree;

  • Num 33:52
    72%

    52 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured [stones], and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:

  • Exod 20:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25 If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.

    26 Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.'

  • Deut 20:18
    72%

    18 that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.

  • Deut 14:3
    72%

    3 You shall not eat any abominable thing.

  • Jer 25:6
    72%

    6 and don't go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don't provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.

  • Deut 18:9
    71%

    9 When you are come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

  • Deut 7:5
    71%

    5 But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, and dash their pillars in pieces, and cut down their Asherim, and burn their engraved images with fire.

  • Deut 27:5
    71%

    5 There you shall build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones: you shall lift up no iron [tool] on them.

  • Exod 22:20
    71%

    20 "He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed.

  • Deut 29:17
    71%

    17 and you have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);

  • Lev 26:30
    71%

    30 I will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul will abhor you.