1 Kings 12:28

Bible in Basic English 1965

So after taking thought the king made two oxen of gold; and he said to the people, You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough; see! these are your gods, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:9

But you have done evil more than any before you, and have made for yourself other gods, and images of metal, moving me to wrath, and turning your back on me.

1 Kings 15:26

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of his father, and the sin which he did and made Israel do.

1 Kings 16:19

Because of his sin in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord, in going in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel do.

2 Kings 10:29

But Jehu did not keep himself from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and the evil he made Israel do; the gold oxen were still in Beth-el and in Dan.

2 Kings 17:16

And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.

2 Kings 17:8

Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel.

2 Chronicles 11:14

For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had sent them away, not letting them be priests to the Lord;

2 Chronicles 11:15

And he himself made priests for the high places, and for the images of he-goats and oxen which he had made.

2 Chronicles 13:8

And now it is your purpose to put yourselves against the authority which the Lord has put into the hands of the sons of David, and you are a very great number, and you have with you the gold oxen which Jeroboam made to be your gods.

2 Chronicles 15:3

Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without the law;

2 Chronicles 17:4

But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.

2 Chronicles 21:6

He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and did as the family of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 33:7

And he put the image he had made in the house of God, the house of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

Exodus 1:10

Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.

Exodus 20:4

You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:

Exodus 32:25

And Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them loose to their shame before their haters:

Exodus 32:4

And he took the gold from them and, hammering it with an instrument, he made it into the metal image of a young ox: and they said, This is your god, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 32:8

Even now they are turned away from the rule I gave them, and have made themselves a metal ox and given worship to it and offerings, saying, This is your god, O Israel, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 14:12

There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

Isaiah 30:1

Ho! uncontrolled children, says the Lord, who give effect to a purpose which is not mine, and who make an agreement, but not by my spirit, increasing their sin:

Isaiah 30:10

Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

Ezekiel 16:26

And you went with the Egyptians, your neighbours, great of flesh; increasing your loose ways, moving me to wrath.

Ezekiel 23:8

And she has not given up her loose ways from the time when she was in Egypt; for when she was young they were her lovers, and by them her young breasts were crushed, and they let loose on her their unclean desire.

Daniel 3:1

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide: he put it up in the valley of Dura, in the land of Babylon.

Hosea 10:10

I will come and give them punishment; and the peoples will come together against them when I give them the reward of their two sins.

Hosea 10:8

And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will come to destruction; thorns and waste plants will come up on their altars; they will say to the mountains, Be a cover over us; and to the hills, Come down on us.

Amos 5:5

Do not be looking for help to Beth-el, and do not go to Gilgal, or make your way to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal will certainly be taken prisoner, and Beth-el will come to nothing.

Amos 8:14

Those who make their oaths by the sin of Samaria and say, By the life of your God, O Dan; and, By the living way of Beer-sheba; even they will go down, never again to be lifted up.

2 Peter 2:19

Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.

1 Samuel 27:1

And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.