Verse 15

And they rejected{H3988}{(H8799)} his statutes{H2706}, and his covenant{H1285} that he made{H3772}{(H8804)} with their fathers{H1}, and his testimonies{H5715} which he testified{H5749}{(H8689)} against them; and they followed{H3212}{(H8799)}{H310} vanity{H1892}, and became vain{H1891}{(H8799)}, and went after{H310} the heathen{H1471} that were round about{H5439} them, concerning whom the LORD{H3068} had charged{H6680}{(H8765)} them, that they should not do{H6213}{(H8800)} like them.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 12:30-31 : 30 Take heed{H8104}{(H8734)} to thyself that thou be not snared{H5367}{(H8735)} by following{H310} them, after{H310} that they be destroyed{H8045}{(H8736)} from before{H6440} thee; and that thou enquire{H1875}{(H8799)} not after their gods{H430}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, How did these nations{H1471} serve{H5647}{(H8799)} their gods{H430}? even so will I do{H6213}{(H8799)} likewise{H1571}. 31 Thou shalt not do{H6213}{(H8799)} so unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}: for every abomination{H8441} to the LORD{H3068}, which he hateth{H8130}{(H8804)}, have they done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto their gods{H430}; for even their sons{H1121} and their daughters{H1323} they have burnt{H8313}{(H8799)} in the fire{H784} to their gods{H430}.
  • Deut 32:21 : 21 They have moved me to jealousy{H7065}{(H8765)} with that which is not{H3808} God{H410}; they have provoked me to anger{H3707}{(H8765)} with their vanities{H1892}: and I will move them to jealousy{H7065}{(H8686)} with those which are not a people{H5971}; I will provoke them to anger{H3707}{(H8686)} with a foolish{H5036} nation{H1471}.
  • Rom 1:21-23 : 21 Because{G1360} that, when they knew{G1097}{(G5631)} God{G2316}, they glorified{G1392}{(G5656)} him not{G3756} as{G5613} God{G2316}, neither{G2228} were thankful{G2168}{(G5656)}; but{G235} became vain{G3154}{(G5681)} in{G1722} their{G846} imaginations{G1261}, and{G2532} their{G846} foolish{G801} heart{G2588} was darkened{G4654}{(G5681)}. 22 Professing themselves{G5335}{(G5723)} to be{G1511}{(G5750)} wise{G4680}, they became fools{G3471}{(G5681)}, 23 And{G2532} changed{G236}{(G5656)} the glory{G1391} of the uncorruptible{G862} God{G2316} into{G1722} an image{G1504} made like{G3667} to corruptible{G5349} man{G444}, and{G2532} to birds{G4071}, and{G2532} fourfooted beasts{G5074}, and{G2532} creeping things{G2062}.
  • Jer 2:5 : 5 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, What iniquity{H5766} have your fathers{H1} found{H4672}{(H8804)} in me, that they are gone far{H7368}{(H8804)} from me, and have walked{H3212}{(H8799)} after{H310} vanity{H1892}, and are become vain{H1891}{(H8799)}?
  • Jer 8:9 : 9 The wise{H2450} men are ashamed{H3001}{(H8689)}, they are dismayed{H2865}{(H8804)} and taken{H3920}{(H8735)}: lo, they have rejected{H3988}{(H8804)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}; and what wisdom{H2451} is in them?
  • 1 Kgs 16:13 : 13 For all the sins{H2403} of Baasha{H1201}, and the sins{H2403} of Elah{H425} his son{H1121}, by which they sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}, and by which they made Israel{H3478} to sin{H2398}{(H8689)}, in provoking the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} to anger{H3707}{(H8687)} with their vanities{H1892}.
  • Exod 24:6-8 : 6 And Moses{H4872} took{H3947}{(H8799)} half{H2677} of the blood{H1818}, and put{H7760}{(H8799)} it in basons{H101}; and half{H2677} of the blood{H1818} he sprinkled{H2236}{(H8804)} on the altar{H4196}. 7 And he took{H3947}{(H8799)} the book{H5612} of the covenant{H1285}, and read{H7121}{(H8799)} in the audience{H241} of the people{H5971}: and they said{H559}{(H8799)}, All that the LORD{H3068} hath said{H1696}{(H8765)} will we do{H6213}{(H8799)}, and be obedient{H8085}{(H8799)}. 8 And Moses{H4872} took{H3947}{(H8799)} the blood{H1818}, and sprinkled{H2236}{(H8799)} it on the people{H5971}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold the blood{H1818} of the covenant{H1285}, which the LORD{H3068} hath made{H3772}{(H8804)} with you concerning all these words{H1697}.
  • Deut 6:17-18 : 17 Ye shall diligently{H8104}{(H8800)} keep{H8104}{(H8799)} the commandments{H4687} of the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, and his testimonies{H5713}, and his statutes{H2706}, which he hath commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} thee. 18 And thou shalt do{H6213}{(H8804)} that which is right{H3477} and good{H2896} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}: that it may be well{H3190}{(H8799)} with thee, and that thou mayest go in{H935}{(H8804)} and possess{H3423}{(H8804)} the good{H2896} land{H776} which the LORD{H3068} sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto thy fathers{H1},
  • Deut 29:10-15 : 10 Ye stand{H5324}{(H8737)} this day{H3117} all of you before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}; your captains{H7218} of your tribes{H7626}, your elders{H2205}, and your officers{H7860}{(H8802)}, with all the men{H376} of Israel{H3478}, 11 Your little ones{H2945}, your wives{H802}, and thy stranger{H1616} that is in{H7130} thy camp{H4264}, from the hewer{H2404}{(H8802)} of thy wood{H6086} unto the drawer{H7579}{(H8802)} of thy water{H4325}: 12 That thou shouldest enter{H5674}{(H8800)} into covenant{H1285} with the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and into his oath{H423}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} maketh{H3772}{(H8802)} with thee this day{H3117}: 13 That he may establish{H6965}{(H8687)} thee to day{H3117} for a people{H5971} unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God{H430}, as he hath said{H1696}{(H8765)} unto thee, and as he hath sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} unto thy fathers{H1}, to Abraham{H85}, to Isaac{H3327}, and to Jacob{H3290}. 14 Neither with you only do I make{H3772}{(H8802)} this covenant{H1285} and this oath{H423}; 15 But with him that standeth{H5975}{(H8802)} here with us this{H3426} day{H3117} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}, and also with him that is not here with us this day{H3117}:
  • Deut 29:25-26 : 25 Then men shall say{H559}{(H8804)}, Because they have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of their fathers{H1}, which he made{H3772}{(H8804)} with them when he brought them forth{H3318}{(H8687)} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}: 26 For they went{H3212}{(H8799)} and served{H5647}{(H8799)} other{H312} gods{H430}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} them, gods{H430} whom they knew{H3045}{(H8804)} not, and whom he had not given{H2505}{(H8804)} unto them:
  • 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 As concerning{G4012} therefore{G3767} the eating{G1035} of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols{G1494}, we know{G1492}{(G5758)} that{G3754} an idol{G1497} is nothing{G3762} in{G1722} the world{G2889}, and{G2532} that{G3754} there is none{G3762} other{G2087} God{G2316} but{G1508} one{G1520}.
  • Deut 32:31 : 31 For their rock{H6697} is not as our Rock{H6697}, even our enemies{H341}{(H8802)} themselves being judges{H6414}.
  • 1 Sam 12:21 : 21 And turn ye not aside{H5493}{(H8799)}: for then should ye go after{H310} vain{H8414} things, which cannot profit{H3276}{(H8686)} nor deliver{H5337}{(H8686)}; for they are vain{H8414}.
  • 2 Kgs 17:8 : 8 And walked{H3212}{(H8799)} in the statutes{H2708} of the heathen{H1471}, whom the LORD{H3068} cast out{H3423}{(H8689)} from before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, and of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478}, which they had made{H6213}{(H8804)}.
  • 2 Kgs 17:11-12 : 11 And there they burnt incense{H6999}{(H8762)} in all the high places{H1116}, as did the heathen{H1471} whom the LORD{H3068} carried away{H1540}{(H8689)} before{H6440} them; and wrought{H6213}{(H8799)} wicked{H7451} things{H1697} to provoke the LORD{H3068} to anger{H3707}{(H8687)}: 12 For they served{H5647}{(H8799)} idols{H1544}, whereof the LORD{H3068} had said{H559}{(H8804)} unto them, Ye shall not do{H6213}{(H8799)} this thing{H1697}.
  • 2 Chr 33:2 : 2 But did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, like unto the abominations{H8441} of the heathen{H1471}, whom the LORD{H3068} had cast out{H3423}{(H8689)} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
  • 2 Chr 33:9 : 9 So Manasseh{H4519} made{H8582} Judah{H3063} and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389} to err{H8582}{(H8686)}, and to do{H6213}{(H8800)} worse{H7451} than the heathen{H1471}, whom the LORD{H3068} had destroyed{H8045}{(H8689)} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
  • 2 Chr 36:15-16 : 15 And the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of their fathers{H1} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} to them by{H3027} his messengers{H4397}, rising up betimes{H7925}{(H8687)}, and sending{H7971}{(H8800)}; because he had compassion{H2550}{(H8804)} on his people{H5971}, and on his dwelling place{H4583}: 16 But they mocked{H3931}{(H8688)} the messengers{H4397} of God{H430}, and despised{H959}{(H8802)} his words{H1697}, and misused{H8591}{(H8700)} his prophets{H5030}, until the wrath{H2534} of the LORD{H3068} arose{H5927}{(H8800)} against his people{H5971}, till there was no remedy{H4832}.
  • Neh 9:26 : 26 Nevertheless they were disobedient{H4784}{(H8686)}, and rebelled{H4775}{(H8799)} against thee, and cast{H7993}{(H8686)} thy law{H8451} behind{H310} their backs{H1458}, and slew{H2026}{(H8804)} thy prophets{H5030} which testified{H5749}{(H8689)} against them to turn{H7725}{(H8687)} them to thee, and they wrought{H6213}{(H8799)} great{H1419} provocations{H5007}.
  • Neh 9:29-30 : 29 And testifiedst{H5749}{(H8686)} against them, that thou mightest bring them again{H7725}{(H8687)} unto thy law{H8451}: yet they dealt proudly{H2102}{(H8689)}, and hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} not unto thy commandments{H4687}, but sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against thy judgments{H4941},(which if a man{H120} do{H6213}{(H8799)}, he shall live{H2421}{(H8804)} in them;) and withdrew{H5414}{(H8799)}{H5637}{(H8802)} the shoulder{H3802}, and hardened{H7185}{(H8689)} their neck{H6203}, and would not hear{H8085}{(H8804)}. 30 Yet many{H7227} years{H8141} didst thou forbear{H4900}{(H8799)} them, and testifiedst{H5749}{(H8686)} against them by thy spirit{H7307} in{H3027} thy prophets{H5030}: yet would they not give ear{H238}{(H8689)}: therefore gavest{H5414}{(H8799)} thou them into the hand{H3027} of the people{H5971} of the lands{H776}.
  • Ps 115:8 : 8 They that make{H6213}{(H8802)} them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth{H982}{(H8802)} in them.
  • Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are altogether{H259} brutish{H1197}{(H8799)} and foolish{H3688}{(H8799)}: the stock{H6086} is a doctrine{H4148} of vanities{H1892}.
  • Jer 10:15 : 15 They are vanity{H1892}, and the work{H4639} of errors{H8595}: in the time{H6256} of their visitation{H6486} they shall perish{H6}{(H8799)}.
  • Jer 31:32 : 32 Not according to the covenant{H1285} that I made{H3772}{(H8804)} with their fathers{H1} in the day{H3117} that I took{H2388}{(H8687)} them by the hand{H3027} to bring them out{H3318}{(H8687)} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}; which my covenant{H1285} they brake{H6565}{(H8689)}, although I was an husband{H1166}{(H8804)} unto them, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}:
  • Jer 44:4 : 4 Howbeit I sent{H7971}{(H8799)} unto you all my servants{H5650} the prophets{H5030}, rising early{H7925}{(H8687)} and sending{H7971}{(H8800)} them, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Oh, do{H6213}{(H8799)} not this abominable{H8441} thing{H1697} that I hate{H8130}{(H8804)}.
  • Jer 44:23 : 23 Because{H6440}{H834} ye have burned incense{H6999}{(H8765)}, and because ye have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068}, and have not obeyed{H8085}{(H8804)} the voice{H6963} of the LORD{H3068}, nor walked{H1980}{(H8804)} in his law{H8451}, nor in his statutes{H2708}, nor in his testimonies{H5715}; therefore this evil{H7451} is happened{H7122}{(H8804)} unto you, as at this day{H3117}.
  • John 2:8 : 8 And{G2532} he saith{G3004}{(G5719)} unto them{G846}, Draw out{G501}{(G5657)} now{G3568}, and{G2532} bear{G5342}{(G5720)} unto the governor of the feast{G755}. And{G2532} they bare{G5342}{(G5656)} it.