Leviticus 26:1

Easy To Read Version

“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!

Cross References

2 Kings 17:10

The Israelites put up memorial stones [201] and Asherah poles [202] on every high hill and under every green tree.

2 Kings 17:16

The people stopped following the commands of the Lord their God. They made two gold statues of calves. They made Asherah poles. [209] They worshiped all the stars of heaven and served Baal. [210]

2 Kings 17:8

They began doing the same things that other people did. And the Lord had forced those people to leave their land when the Israelites came. The Israelites also chose to be ruled by kings, {not by God}.

Psalm 78:58

The people of Israel built high places {\cf2\super [453]} \par and made God angry.\par They built statues of false gods\par and made God very jealous.\par

Psalm 97:7

People worship their idols.\par They brag about their “gods.”\par But those people will be embarrassed.\par Their “gods” will bow down\par and worship the Lord.\par

Exodus 20:2

“I am the Lord [123] your God. I led you out of the land of Egypt where you were slaves. {So you must obey these commands:}

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 23:24

“Don’t worship the gods of those people. Don’t ever bow down to those gods. You must never live the way those people live. You must destroy their idols. [151] And you must break the stones that help them remember their gods. [152]

Exodus 34:17

“Don’t make idols. [345]

Isaiah 2:20

At that time, people will throw away their gold and silver idols. (The people made those statues so the people could worship them.) The people will throw those statues into holes in the ground where bats and moles {\cf2\super [26]} live.

Leviticus 19:4

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

Leviticus 25:55

Why? Because the people of Israel are my servants. They are the servants that I brought out of {slavery in} Egypt. I am the Lord your God!

Leviticus 7:33

The right thigh from the fellowship offerings will belong to the priest [81] that offers the blood and fat of the fellowship offering.

Numbers 33:52

You will take the land from the people you find there. You must destroy all of their carved statues and idols. You must destroy all of their high places. [378]

Acts 17:29

That’s right. We are God’s children. So, you must not think that God is like something that people imagine or make. He is not like gold, silver, or rock.

Deuteronomy 27:15

‘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!’

Deuteronomy 5:6

I am the Lord your God. I led you out of Egypt where you were slaves. {So you must obey these commands:}

Revelation 22:15

Outside the city are the dogs (bad people), people who do evil magic, people who sin sexually, people who murder, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [175]} and people who love lies and tell lies.

Judges 18:30

The people of the family group of Dan set up the idol in the city of Dan. They made Jonathan son of Gershom their priest. Gershom was the son of Moses. [140] Jonathan and his sons were priests for the family group of Dan until the time when the Israelite people were taken into captivity.