Deuteronomy 4:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female --

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  • Exod 20:4-5 : 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. 5 Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, `am' a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third `generation', and on the fourth, of those hating Me,
  • Exod 32:7 : 7 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go, descend, for thy people whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt hath done corruptly,
  • Deut 4:23 : 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:
  • Deut 5:8 : 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;
  • Acts 17:29 : 29 `Being, therefore, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, graving of art and device of man;
  • Acts 20:4-5 : 4 And there were accompanying him unto Asia, Sopater of Berea, and of Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus, and of Asiatics Tychicus and Trophimus; 5 these, having gone before, did remain for us in Troas,
  • Rom 1:22-24 : 22 professing to be wise, they were made fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles. 24 Wherefore also God did give them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies among themselves;
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 and to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only wise God, `is' honour and glory -- to the ages of the ages! Amen.
  • Ps 106:19-20 : 19 They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image, 20 And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs.
  • Isa 40:18 : 18 And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him?
  • John 4:24 : 24 God `is' a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'
  • Deut 4:25 : 25 `When thou begettest sons and sons' sons, and ye have become old in the land, and have done corruptly, and have made a graven image, a similitude of anything, and have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger: --
  • Deut 4:8-9 : 8 and which `is' the great nation which hath righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law which I am setting before you to-day? 9 `Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 4:15
    84%

    15and ye have been very watchful of your souls, for ye have not seen any similitude in the day of Jehovah's speaking unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire,

  • Exod 20:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

    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.

  • Deut 4:23
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    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:

  • Deut 5:7-8
    2 verses
    82%

    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;

  • Deut 4:17-19
    3 verses
    82%

    17a form of any beast which `is' in the earth -- a form of any winged bird which flieth in the heavens --

    18a form of any creeping thing on the ground -- a form of any fish which `is' in the waters under the earth;

    19`And lest thou lift up thine eyes towards the heavens, and hast seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and thou hast been forced, and hast bowed thyself to them, and served them, which Jehovah thy God hath apportioned to all the peoples under the whole heavens.

  • Deut 4:25
    80%

    25`When thou begettest sons and sons' sons, and ye have become old in the land, and have done corruptly, and have made a graven image, a similitude of anything, and have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger: --

  • Exod 34:15-17
    3 verses
    79%

    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,

    16and thou hast taken of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have caused thy sons to go a-whoring after their gods;

    17a molten god thou dost not make to thyself.

  • Lev 26:1
    79%

    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.

  • Deut 16:21-22
    2 verses
    77%

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

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

  • Lev 19:4
    77%

    4`Ye do not turn unto the idols, and a molten god ye do not make to yourselves; I `am' Jehovah your God.

  • Deut 12:4
    75%

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

  • Deut 27:15
    75%

    15`Cursed `is' the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put `it' in a secret place, -- and all the people have answered and said, Amen.

  • Deut 7:25-26
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Exod 20:23
    73%

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

  • Deut 4:28
    73%

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

  • Rom 1:23
    73%

    23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.

  • Isa 40:18
    72%

    18And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him?

  • Isa 44:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9Framers of a graven image `are' all of them emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And their own witnesses they `are', They see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.

    10Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out -- not profitable?

  • Deut 6:14
    72%

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

  • Lev 19:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27`Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.

    28`And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Deut 29:17
    72%

    17and ye see their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which `are' with them,

  • Ezek 16:17
    72%

    17And thou dost take thy beauteous vessels Of My gold and My silver that I gave to thee, And dost make to thee images of a male, And dost go a-whoring with them,

  • Isa 30:22
    71%

    22And ye have defiled the covering of Thy graven images of silver, And the ephod of thy molten image of gold, Thou scatterest them as a sickening thing, `Go out,' thou sayest to it.

  • Deut 4:12
    71%

    12`And Jehovah speaketh unto you out of the midst of the fire; a voice of words ye are hearing and a similitude ye are not seeing, only a voice;

  • Mic 5:13
    71%

    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.

  • Lev 18:24
    71%

    24`Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

  • Lev 18:19-21
    3 verses
    71%

    19`And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.

    20`And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.

    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.

  • Num 33:52
    71%

    52then ye have dispossessed all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and have destroyed all their imagery, yea, all their molten images ye destroy, and all their high places ye lay waste,

  • Isa 17:8
    71%

    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.

  • Exod 23:24
    70%

    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 34:13
    70%

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

  • Deut 4:2
    70%

    2Ye do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you.

  • Gen 1:27
    70%

    27And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

  • Exod 25:40
    70%

    40And see thou and do `them' by their pattern which thou art shewn in the mount.

  • Jer 16:20
    70%

    20Doth man make for himself gods, And they -- no gods?

  • Prov 6:25
    70%

    25Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

  • Ezek 20:7
    70%

    7And I say unto them, Let each cast away the detestable things of his eyes, And with the idols of Egypt be not defiled, I `am' Jehovah your God.

  • Deut 20:18
    70%

    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.