Exodus 23:24

Catholic Public Domain Version

You shall not adore their gods, nor worship them. You shall not do their works, but you shall destroy them and break apart their statues.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:11

And they were burning incense there, upon altars, in the manner of the nations that the Lord had removed from their face. And they did wicked deeds, provoking the Lord.

2 Kings 17:8

And they walked according to the rituals of the nations that the Lord had consumed in the sight of the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel. For they had acted similarly.

2 Kings 18:4

He destroyed the high places, and he crushed the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves. And he broke apart the bronze serpent, which Moses had made. For even until that time, the sons of Israel were burning incense to it. And he called its name Nehushtan.

2 Kings 3:2

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as his father and mother did. For he took away the statues of Baal, which his father had made.

2 Chronicles 14:2

Now Asa did what was good and pleasing in the sight of his God. And he overturned the altars of foreign worship, and the high places.

2 Chronicles 25:14

Truly, after the slaughter of the Edomites, and when the gods of the sons of Seir were brought, Amaziah chose them as gods for himself. And he was adoring them, and burning incense to them.

2 Chronicles 33:2

But he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all the abominations of the nations which the Lord overturned before the sons of Israel.

2 Chronicles 33:9

And so Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did evil, more so than all the nations which the Lord had overturned before the face of the sons of Israel.

Psalm 101:3

Do not turn your face away from me. In whatever day that I am in trouble, incline your ear to me. In whatever day that I will call upon you, heed me quickly.

Exodus 20:3

You shall not have strange gods before me.

Exodus 20:5

You shall not adore them, nor shall you worship them. I am the Lord your God: strong, zealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

Exodus 23:13

Preserve all that I have said to you. And by the names of foreign gods you shall not swear; neither shall these be heard from your mouth.

Exodus 23:32

You shall not enter into a pact with them, nor with their gods.

Exodus 23:33

They may not live on your land, lest perhaps they may cause you to sin against me, if you serve their gods, which certainly would be a temptation for you."

Exodus 32:20

And seizing the calf, which they had made, he burnt it and crushed it, even to dust, which he scattered into water. And he gave from it to the sons of Israel to drink.

Ezekiel 16:47

But neither have you walked in their ways. For you have done only a little less compared to their wickedness. You have acted almost more wickedly, in all your ways, than they have acted.

Hosea 10:2

His heart has been divided, so now they will cross the divide. He will break apart their images; he will plunder their sanctuaries.

Leviticus 18:3

You shall not act according to the custom of the land of Egypt, in which you have lived; nor shall you behave according to the habit of the region of Canaan, into which I will lead you; neither shall you walk in their ordinances.

Leviticus 26:1

I am the Lord your God. You shall not make for yourselves an idol or a graven image. Neither shall you erect a monument, or set up a conspicuous stone in your land, in order that you may adore it. For I am the Lord your God.

Numbers 25:2

who called them to their sacrifices. And they ate, and they adored their gods.

Numbers 33:52

destroy all the inhabitants of that land. Break their monuments, and shatter their statues, and lay waste to every exalted thing,

Deuteronomy 12:3

Scatter their altars and break their statues. Burn their sacred groves with fire and crush their idols. Abolish their names from those places.

Deuteronomy 7:5

So instead, you shall do this to them: overturn their altars, and break their statues, and cut down their sacred groves, and burn up their graven images.