Judges 6:25

Catholic Public Domain Version

that night, the Lord said to him: "Take a bull of your father's, and another bull of seven years, and you shall destroy the altar of Baal, which is your father's. And you shall cut down the sacred grove which is around the altar.

Cross References

Genesis 35:2

In truth, Jacob, having called together all his house, said: "Cast away the foreign gods that are in your midst and be cleansed, and also change your garments.

1 Kings 18:21

Then Elijah, drawing near to all the people, said: "How long will you waver between two sides? If the Lord is God, follow him. But if Baal is, then follow him." And the people did not respond a word to him.

Job 22:23

If you will return to the Almighty, you will be rebuilt, and you will put sinfulness far from your tabernacle.

Psalm 101:2

O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my outcry reach you.

Exodus 34:13

But destroy their altars, break their statues, and cut down their sacred groves.

Matthew 10:37

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.

Matthew 6:24

No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

Acts 4:19

Yet truly, Peter and John said in response to them: "Judge whether it is just in the sight of God to listen to you, rather than to God.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the Apostles responded by saying: "It is necessary to obey God, more so than men.

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.

Judges 2:11

And the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served the Baals.

Judges 3:7

And they did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot their God, while serving the Baals and Ashtaroth.

Judges 6:26

And you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, at the summit of this rock, on which you placed the sacrifice before. And you shall take the second bull, and you shall offer a holocaust upon a pile of the wood, which you shall cut down from the grove."