Deuteronomy 27:15

Easy To Read Version

‘Cursed is the person that makes a false god and puts it in its secret place. Those false gods are only statues that some worker makes from wood, stone or metal. The Lord hates those things!’

Cross References

Genesis 31:19

At this time, Laban was gone to cut the wool from his sheep. While he was gone, Rachel went into his house and stole the false gods that belonged to her father.

Genesis 31:34

Rachel had hidden the gods inside her camel’s saddle, and she was sitting on them. Laban looked through the whole tent, but he did not find the gods.

Genesis 9:25

So Noah said,

2 Kings 17:19

But even the people of Judah did not obey the commands of the Lord their God. The people of Judah lived just like the people of Israel.

2 Kings 23:13

In the past, King Solomon built some high places [292] on Destroyer Hill near Jerusalem. The high places were on the south side of that hill. King Solomon built one of those places of worship to honor Ashtoreth, that horrible thing the people of Sidon worship. King Solomon also built one to honor Chemosh, that horrible thing the people of Moab worship. And King Solomon built one high place to honor Milcom, that horrible thing the Ammonite people worship. But King Josiah defiled (ruined) all those places of worship.

1 Chronicles 16:36

May the Lord God of Israel\par be praised forever\par as he has been praised forever!\par

2 Chronicles 33:2

Manasseh did the things that the Lord said were wrong. He followed the terrible and sinful ways of the nations that the Lord had forced out of the land before the people of Israel.

Exodus 20:23

So you must not make idols using gold or silver to compete with me. You must not make these false gods.

Exodus 20:4

“You must not make any idols. [124] Don’t make any statues or pictures of anything up in the sky or of anything on the earth or of anything down in the water.

Exodus 34:17

“Don’t make idols. [345]

Isaiah 44:13

Another worker uses his stringline {\cf2\super [393]} and compass {\cf2\super [394]} to draw lines on the wood. \{This shows where he should cut\}. Then the man uses his chisels {\cf2\super [395]} and cuts a statue from the wood. He uses his calipers {\cf2\super [396]} to measure the statue. This way, the worker makes the wood look exactly like a man. And this statue of a man does nothing but sit in its house.

Isaiah 44:17

But a little wood is left, so the man makes a statue from that wood and calls it his god. He bows down before this god and worships it. The man prays to the god and says, “You are my god, save me!”

Isaiah 44:19

Those people have not thought about these things. The people don’t understand, so they have never thought to themselves, “I burned half of the wood in the fire. I used the hot coals to bake my bread and cook my meat. Then I ate the meat. And I used the wood that was left to make this terrible thing. I am worshiping a block of wood!”

Jeremiah 11:3

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Bad things will happen to any person that does not obey this Agreement.’

Jeremiah 11:5

“I did this to keep the promise that I had made to your ancestors. {\cf2\super [89]} I promised to give them a very fertile land—a land flowing with milk and honey. And you are living in that country today.”

Jeremiah 23:24

A person might try to hide from me\par in some hiding place.\par But it is easy for me to see him.\par Why? Because I am everywhere\par in heaven and earth!”\par The Lord said these things.\par

Jeremiah 28:6

Jeremiah said to Hananiah, “Amen! {\cf2\super [220]} I hope the Lord will really do that! I hope the Lord will make the message you preach come true. I hope the Lord will bring the things of the Lord’s temple {\cf2\super [221]} back to this place from Babylon. And I hope the Lord will bring all the people that were forced to leave their homes back to this place.

Ezekiel 14:4

But I will give them an answer. \{I will punish them!\} You must tell those people these things. ‘The Lord my Master says: If any Israelite comes to a prophet and asks me for advice, then \{the prophet won’t give that person an answer\}. I myself will answer that person’s question. I will answer him even if he still has his filthy idols, even if he kept the things that made him sin, and even if he still worships those statues. I will speak to him in spite of all his filthy idols.

Ezekiel 7:20

“Those people used their beautiful jewelry and made an idol. They were proud of that statue. They made their terrible statues. They made those filthy things. So I (God) will throw them away like a dirty rag.

Daniel 11:31

The northern king will send his army to do terrible things to the temple in Jerusalem. They will stop the people from offering the daily sacrifice. {\cf2\super [129]} Then they will do something really terrible. They will set up that terrible thing that causes destruction.

Daniel 9:11

None of the people of Israel obeyed your teachings. They all have turned away. They did not obey you. There are curses {\cf2\super [101]} and promises written in the Law of Moses. (Moses was God’s servant.) Those curses and promises tell about the punishment for not obeying the law—and all those things have happened to us. Those things happened to us because we sinned against the Lord.

Leviticus 19:4

“Don’t worship idols. [335] Don’t make melted statues of gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God!

Leviticus 26:1

“Don’t make idols for yourselves. Don’t set up statues or memorials [440] in your land to bow down to. Why? Because I am the Lord your God!

Numbers 5:22

The priest must say, ‘You must drink this water that causes trouble. If you have sinned, you will not be able to have children and any baby you have will die before it is born.’ And the woman should say: ‘I agree to do as you say.’

Matthew 24:15

“Daniel the prophet {\cf2\super [368]} spoke about ‘the terrible thing that causes destruction.’ {\cf2\super [369]} You will see this terrible thing standing in the holy place (the temple).” (You that read this should understand what it means.)

Matthew 6:13

Don’t let us be tempted (tested);\par but save us from the Evil One\par (the devil).’ {\cf2\super [77]} \par

1 Corinthians 14:16

You might be praising God with your spirit. But a person there without understanding cannot say “Amen {\cf2\super [98]} ” to your prayer of thanks. Why? Because he does not know what you are saying.

Deuteronomy 27:14

“And the Levites [174] will say to all the people of Israel with a loud voice:

Deuteronomy 29:17

You saw their hated things—the idols [191] they had made from wood, stone, silver, and gold.

Deuteronomy 4:25

“You will live in the country a long time. You will have children and grandchildren there. You will grow old there. And then you will ruin your lives—you will make all kinds of idols! When you do that, you will make God very angry!

Deuteronomy 5:8

“You must not make any idols. [25] Don’t make any statues or pictures of anything up in the sky or of anything on the earth or of anything down in the water.

Deuteronomy 7:25

“You must throw the statues of their gods into the fire and burn them. You must not want to keep the silver or the gold that is on those statues. You must not take that silver or gold for yourselves. It will be like a trap to you—{it will ruin your life}. Why? Because the Lord your God hates those idols.

Judges 17:3

Micah gave the 28 pounds [125] of silver back to his mother. Then she said, “I will give this silver as a special gift to the Lord. I will give it to my son so he can make a statue and cover it with the silver. So now, son, I give the silver back to you.”

Judges 17:4

But Micah gave the silver back to his mother. So she took about 5 pounds [126] of the silver and gave them to a silversmith. [127] The silversmith used the silver to make a statue covered with silver. The statue was put in Micah’s house.

1 Samuel 26:19

My master and king, listen to me! If the Lord caused you to be angry at me, then let him accept an offering. But if men caused you to be angry at me, then let the Lord cause bad things to happen to them. Men have forced me to leave the land the Lord gave me. Men have told me, ‘{Go live with the foreigners.} Go and serve other gods.’