Deuteronomy 12:31

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

No, you should not! The LORD hates the disgusting way those nations worship their gods, because they even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices.

Cross References

2 Kings 16:3

and was even more sinful than the kings of Israel. He sacrificed his own son, which was a disgusting custom of the nations that the LORD had forced out of Israel.

2 Kings 17:31

those from Avva made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the people from Sepharvaim sacrificed their children to their own gods Adrammelech and Anammelech.

2 Kings 21:2

Manasseh disobeyed the LORD by following the disgusting customs of the nations that the LORD had forced out of Israel.

2 Kings 3:27

He then grabbed his eldest son who was to be the next king and sacrificed him as an offering on the city wall. The Israelite troops were so horrified that they left the city and went back home.

2 Chronicles 33:2

Manasseh disobeyed the LORD by following the disgusting customs of the nations that the LORD had forced out of Israel.

2 Chronicles 36:14

The people of Judah and even the priests who were their leaders became more unfaithful. They followed the disgusting example of the nations around them and made the LORD's holy temple unfit for worship.

Psalm 106:37

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons

Exodus 23:2

Always tell the truth in court, even if everyone else is dishonest and stands in the way of justice.

Jeremiah 32:35

And they led Judah into sin by building places to worship Baal in Hinnom Valley, where they also sacrificed their sons and daughters to the god Molech. I have never even thought of telling them to commit such disgusting sins.

Jeremiah 7:31

At Topheth in Hinnom Valley you have built altars where you kill your children and burn them as sacrifices to other gods. I would never think of telling you to do this.

Ezekiel 20:31

by worshipping idols and by sacrificing their own children as offerings. They commit these sins and still think they can ask me for a message. As surely as I am the living LORD God, I will give them no answer.

Ezekiel 23:27

I will stop your wickedness and the prostitution you started back in Egypt. You will never want to think about those days again.

Leviticus 18:21

Don't sacrifice your children on the altar fires to the god Molech. I am the LORD your God, and that would disgrace me.

Leviticus 18:3

So don't follow the customs of Egypt where you used to live or those of Canaan where I am bringing you.

Leviticus 20:2

to say to the community of Israel: Death by stoning is the penalty for any citizens or foreigners in the country who sacrifice their children to the god Molech.

Micah 6:7

Will thousands of sheep or rivers of olive oil make God satisfied with me? Should I sacrifice to the LORD my firstborn child as payment for my terrible sins?

Deuteronomy 12:30

But that's when you must be especially careful not to ask, “How did those nations worship their gods? Shouldn't we worship the LORD in the same way?”

Deuteronomy 12:4

Don't worship the LORD your God in the way those nations worship their gods.

Deuteronomy 20:18

If you allow them to live, they will persuade you to worship their disgusting gods, and you will be unfaithful to the LORD.

Deuteronomy 9:4

After the LORD helps you wipe out these nations and conquer their land, don't think he did it because you are such good people. You aren't good—you are stubborn! No, the LORD is going to help you, because the nations that live there are evil, and because he wants to keep the promise he made to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.