Deuteronomy 16:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Thou dost not plant for thee a shrine of any trees near the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou makest for thyself,

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 17:16 : 16 And they forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten image -- two calves, and make a shrine, and bow themselves to all the host of the heavens, and serve Baal,
  • 2 Chr 33:3 : 3 and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father hath broken down, and raiseth altars for Baalim, and maketh shrines, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them.
  • 2 Kgs 21:3 : 3 and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father destroyed, and raiseth altars for Baal, and maketh a shrine, as did Ahab king of Israel, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them.
  • Exod 34:13 : 13 for their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and its shrines ye cut down;
  • 1 Kgs 14:15 : 15 And Jehovah hath smitten Israel as the reed is moved by the waters, and hath plucked Israel from off this good ground that He gave to their fathers, and scattered them beyond the River, because that they made their shrines, provoking Jehovah to anger;
  • 1 Kgs 16:33 : 33 and Ahab maketh the shrine, and Ahab addeth to do so as to provoke Jehovah, God of Israel, above all the kings of Israel who have been before him.
  • Deut 7:5 : 5 `But thus thou dost to them: their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and their shrines ye cut down, and their graven images ye burn with fire;
  • Judg 3:7 : 7 and the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and forget Jehovah their God, and serve the Baalim and the shrines.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 16:22
    83%

    22and thou dost not raise up to thee any standing image which Jehovah thy God is hating.

  • Exod 34:13-15
    3 verses
    79%

    13for their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and its shrines ye cut down;

    14for ye do not bow yourselves to another god -- for Jehovah, whose name `is' Zealous, is a zealous God.

    15`Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, and they have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have sacrificed to their gods, and `one' hath called to thee, and thou hast eaten of his sacrifice,

  • Deut 12:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2ye do utterly destroy all the places where the nations which ye are dispossessing served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the heights, and under every green tree;

    3and ye have broken down their altars, and shivered their standing pillars, and their shrines ye burn with fire, and graven images of their gods ye cut down, and have destroyed their name out of that place.

    4`Ye do not do so to Jehovah your God;

  • 2 Kgs 17:10
    77%

    10and set up for them standing-pillars and shrines on every high height, and under every green tree,

  • Lev 26:1
    76%

    1`Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I `am' Jehovah your God.

  • Exod 34:17
    75%

    17a molten god thou dost not make to thyself.

  • 1 Kgs 14:23
    74%

    23And they build -- also they -- for themselves high places, and standing-pillars, and shrines, on every high height, and under every green tree;

  • Deut 6:14
    74%

    14ye do not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who `are' round about you;

  • Lev 18:21
    73%

    21`And of thy seed thou dost not give to pass over to the Molech; nor dost thou pollute the name of thy God; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Isa 17:8
    73%

    8And he looketh not unto the altars. The work of his own hands, And that which his own fingers made He seeth not -- the shrines and the images.

  • Deut 7:5
    73%

    5`But thus thou dost to them: their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and their shrines ye cut down, and their graven images ye burn with fire;

  • Exod 20:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3`Thou hast no other Gods before Me.

    4`Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which `is' in the heavens above, or which `is' in the earth beneath, or which `is' in the waters under the earth.

  • Exod 20:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25`And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it;

    26neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.

  • Deut 5:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7`Thou hast no other gods in My presence.

    8`Thou dost not make to thee a graven image, any similitude which `is' in the heavens above, and which `is' in the earth beneath, and which `is' in the waters under the earth;

  • Exod 30:1
    73%

    1`And thou hast made an altar `for' making perfume; `of' shittim wood thou dost make it;

  • Deut 12:31
    73%

    31`Thou dost not do so to Jehovah thy God; for every abomination of Jehovah which He is hating they have done to their gods, for even their sons and their daughters they burn with fire to their gods.

  • Mic 5:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13And I have cut off thy graven images, And thy standing-pillars out of thy midst, And thou dost not bow thyself any more To the work of thy hands.

    14And I have plucked up thy shrines out of thy midst, And I have destroyed thine enemies.

  • Deut 27:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5and built there an altar to Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones, thou dost not wave over them iron.

    6Of complete stones thou buildest the altar of Jehovah thy God, and hast caused to ascend on it burnt-offerings to Jehovah thy God,

  • Jer 17:2
    72%

    2As their sons remember their altars and their shrines, By the green tree, by the high hills.

  • Deut 22:9
    72%

    9`Thou dost not sow thy vineyard `with' divers things, lest the fulness of the seed which thou dost sow, and the increase of the vineyard, be separated.

  • Exod 23:32
    72%

    32thou dost not make a covenant with them, and with their gods;

  • Deut 7:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25`The graven images of their gods ye do burn with fire; thou dost not desire the silver and gold on them, nor hast thou taken `it' to thyself, lest thou be snared by it, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God it `is';

    26and thou dost not bring in an abomination unto thy house -- or thou hast been devoted like it; -- thou dost utterly detest it, and thou dost utterly abominate it; for it `is' devoted.

  • Judg 6:26
    72%

    26and thou hast built an altar to Jehovah thy God on the top of this stronghold, by the arrangement, and hast taken the second bullock, and caused to ascend a burnt-offering with the wood of the shrine which thou cuttest down.'

  • Ps 81:9
    72%

    9There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god.

  • Deut 16:20
    72%

    20Righteousness -- righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

  • Deut 4:23
    72%

    23`Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He hath made with you, and have made to yourselves a graven image, a similitude of anything `concerning' which Jehovah thy God hath charged thee:

  • Exod 23:24
    71%

    24`Thou dost not bow thyself to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their doings, but dost utterly devote them, and thoroughly break their standing pillars.

  • Exod 20:23
    71%

    23ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves.

  • Deut 20:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18so that they teach you not to do according to all their abominations which they have done to their gods, and ye have sinned against Jehovah your God.

    19`When thou layest siege unto a city many days, to fight against it, to capture it, thou dost not destroy its trees to force an axe against them, for of them thou dost eat, and them thou dost not cut down -- for man's `is' the tree of the field -- to go in at thy presence in the siege.

  • Deut 4:28
    71%

    28and ye have served there gods, work of man's hands, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

  • Josh 23:7
    71%

    7so as not to go in among these nations, these who are left with you; and of the name of their gods ye do not make mention, nor do ye swear, nor do ye serve them, nor do ye bow yourselves to them;

  • Deut 17:1
    71%

    1`Thou dost not sacrifice to Jehovah thy God ox or sheep in which there is a blemish -- any evil thing; for it `is' the abomination of Jehovah thy God.

  • Judg 2:2
    71%

    2and saith, `I cause you to come up out of Egypt, and bring you in unto the land which I have sworn to your fathers, and say, I do not break My covenant with you to the age; and ye -- ye make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land -- their altars ye break down; and ye have not hearkened to My voice -- what `is' this ye have done?

  • 2 Kgs 23:15
    71%

    15and also the altar that `is' in Beth-El, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, by which he made Israel sin, both that altar and the high place he hath broken down, and doth burn the high place -- he hath beat it small to dust, and hath burnt the shrine.

  • Jer 11:17
    71%

    17And Jehovah of Hosts, who is planting thee, Hath spoken evil concerning thee, For the evil of the house of Israel, and of the house of Judah, That they have done to themselves, To provoke Me to anger, to make perfume to Baal.

  • Isa 1:29
    70%

    29For `men' are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen.

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
    70%

    7And he setteth the graven image of the shrine that he made in the house of which Jehovah said unto David and unto Solomon his son, `In this house, and in Jerusalem, that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I put My name -- to the age;

  • Deut 18:9
    70%

    9`When thou art coming in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations:

  • Josh 22:19
    70%

    19`And surely, if the land of your possession is unclean, pass over for you unto the land of the possession of Jehovah, where the tabernacle of Jehovah hath tabernacled, and have possession in our midst; and against Jehovah rebel not, and against us rebel not, by your building for you an altar, besides the altar of Jehovah our God.