2 Kings 17:8

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adopting the ways of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites, and the pagan practices introduced by the kings of Israel.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:28

So after taking advice, the king had two golden calves made, and he told the people, “Don't bother going to Jerusalem any more. Look, Israel, here are your gods who led you out of the land of Egypt.”

1 Kings 21:26

He did the most despicable things, worshiping idols like the Amorites the Lord had driven out before Israel.)

2 Kings 16:10

King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria. During his visit he saw an altar in Damascus, and he sent Uriah the priest a drawing of the altar, along with instructions how to build it.

2 Kings 16:3

He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and he even sacrificed his son in the fire, participating in the disgusting practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

2 Kings 17:19

but even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but followed the idolatry that Israel had introduced.

2 Kings 17:40

But they refused to listen, and continued their former idolatrous practices.

2 Kings 21:2

He did what was evil in the Lord's sight by following the disgusting pagan practices of the nations that the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

Psalm 106:35

but instead they joined in with them and adopted their way of life.

Exodus 23:24

You must not bow down to their gods or worship them or follow their pagan practices. No, you must demolish their idols and smash their sacred pillars into pieces.

Jeremiah 10:2

This is what the Lord says: Don't adopt the practices of other nations. Don't be terrified as they are by signs in the heavens that they interpret as predicting disaster.

Ezekiel 5:6

But she rebelled against my rules, acting more wickedly than the nations, and she defied my regulations more than the countries surrounding her. Her people rejected my rules and refused to follow my regulations.

Hosea 5:11

The people of Ephraim are crushed, smashed to pieces in judgment because they were determined to follow human commands.

Leviticus 18:3

Don't follow the ways of Egypt where you used to live, and don't follow the ways of Canaan where I'm going to take you. Don't adopt their practices.

Leviticus 26:1

“Don't make yourselves idols anywhere in your land and bow down to worship them, whether they are images or sacred pillars or stone sculptures. For I am the Lord your God.

Micah 6:16

You have kept the laws of Omri, and adopted all the practices of the house of Ahab, you have followed their ways. So I will make your country desolate and the people who live there an object of scorn; you will bear the shame of my people.

Deuteronomy 18:9

Once you enter the country the Lord your God is giving you, don't copy the offensive ways of the nations there.