Exodus 20:5

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Never worship them or serve them, because I, the Lord your God, am a God who does not tolerate rivals. I punish children for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

In the time of David, there was a famine for three successive years, and David asked the Lord’s advice about it. The Lord answered, “It’s because of Saul and his family. They are guilty of murder because they killed the people of Gibeon.”

2 Samuel 21:6

We will execute them in the Lord’s presence at Saul’s town Gibeah.” (It was Saul whom the Lord had chosen.) “I will give them ⌞to you⌟,” the king said.

1 Kings 19:10

He answered, “Lord God of Armies, I have eagerly served you. The Israelites have abandoned your promises, torn down your altars, and executed your prophets. I’m the only one left, and they’re trying to take my life.”

1 Kings 21:29

“Do you see how Ahab is humbling himself in my presence? Because he’s humbling himself in my presence, I will not let any evil happen to his family while he is alive. I will bring evil on it during his son’s lifetime.”

2 Kings 17:35

When the Lord made a promise to Israel, he commanded, “Never worship other gods, bow down to them, serve them, or sacrifice to them.

2 Kings 17:41

These ⌞other⌟ nations worshiped the Lord but also served their own idols. So did their children and their grandchildren. They still do whatever their ancestors did.

2 Kings 23:26

But the Lord still didn’t turn his hot, burning anger from Judah. After all, Manasseh had done all these things to make him furious.

2 Kings 5:18

May the Lord forgive me when my master goes to the temple of Rimmon to worship, leans on my arm, and I have to bow down in the temple of Rimmon. When I do this, may the Lord forgive me for this one thing.”

2 Kings 5:27

Naaman’s skin disease will cling to you and your descendants permanently!” When he left Elisha, Gehazi had a disease that made his skin as flaky as snow.

2 Chronicles 25:14

After Amaziah came back from defeating the Edomites, he brought the gods of the people of Seir, set them up as his gods, bowed down to them, and burned sacrifices to them.

2 Chronicles 7:19

But if you and your descendants turn away from me and abandon my commands and laws that I gave you, and follow and serve other gods and worship them,

Job 21:19

“⌞You say,⌟ ‘God saves a person’s punishment for his children.’ God should pay back that person so that he would know that it is a punishment.

Job 5:4

His children are far from help. They are crushed at the city gate, and no one is there to rescue them.

Psalm 109:14

Let the Lord remember the guilt of his ancestors and not wipe out his mother’s sin.

Psalm 78:58

They made him angry because of their illegal worship sites. They made him furious because they worshiped idols.

Psalm 79:8

Do not hold the crimes of our ancestors against us. Reach out to us soon with your compassion, because we are helpless.

Psalm 81:15

Those who hate the Lord would cringe in front of him, and their time ⌞for punishment⌟ would last forever.

Exodus 23:24

Never worship or serve their gods or follow their practices. Instead, you must destroy their gods and crush their sacred stones.

Exodus 34:14

(Never worship any other god, because the Lord is a God who does not tolerate rivals. In fact, he is known for not tolerating rivals.)

Proverbs 8:36

Whoever sins against me harms himself. All those who hate me love death.”

Isaiah 44:15

These trees become ⌞fuel⌟ for people to burn. So they take some of them and warm themselves with them. They start fires and bake bread. They also make gods from these trees and worship them. They make them into carved statues and bow in front of them.

Isaiah 44:19

No one stops to think. No one has enough knowledge or understanding to say, “I burned half of the wood in the fire. I also baked bread over its coals. I roasted meat and ate it. Now I am making the rest of the wood into a disgusting thing and bowing to a block of wood.”

Jeremiah 2:9

“That is why I am bringing charges against you,” declares the Lord, “and I am bringing charges against your grandchildren.

Jeremiah 32:18

You show mercy to thousands of generations. However, you punish children for the wickedness of their parents. You, God, are great and mighty. Your name is the Lord of Armies.

Ezekiel 18:19

“But you ask, ‘Why isn’t the son punished for his father’s sin?’ It is because the son has done what is fair and right. He obeyed my rules and followed them. He will certainly live.

Ezekiel 18:2

“What do you mean when you use this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘Fathers have eaten sour grapes, and their children’s teeth are set on edge’?

Ezekiel 20:7

I said to them, “Get rid of the detestable idols that you look to for help. Don’t dishonor yourselves with the disgusting idols of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”

Ezekiel 39:25

“So this is what the Almighty Lord says: Now I will bring back Jacob’s captives and have compassion for the whole nation of Israel. I will stand up for my holy name.

Ezekiel 8:3

It stretched out what looked like a hand and grabbed me by the hair on my head. In these visions from God, the Spirit carried me between heaven and earth. He took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance to the north gate of the inner courtyard of the temple. That was where an idol that stirs up ⌞God’s⌟ anger was located.

Daniel 1:2

The Lord handed King Jehoiakim of Judah and some utensils from God’s temple over to Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar took the utensils to the temple of his god in Babylonia and put them in the temple treasury.

Daniel 3:18

But if he doesn’t, you should know, Your Majesty, we’ll never honor your gods or worship the gold statue that you set up.”

Leviticus 20:5

I will condemn them and their families. I will exclude them from the people. I will exclude from the people everyone who chases after Molech as if he were a prostitute.

Leviticus 26:1

⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “Never make worthless idols or set up a carved statue or a sacred stone for yourselves. Never cut figures in stone to worship them in your country, because I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 26:29

You will eat the bodies of your sons and daughters.

Nahum 1:2

God does not tolerate rivals. The Lord takes revenge. The Lord takes revenge and is full of anger. The Lord takes revenge against his enemies and holds a grudge against his foes.

Numbers 14:18

‘The Lord … patient, forever loving…. He forgives wrongdoing and disobedience…. He never lets the guilty go unpunished, punishing children … for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation….’

Numbers 14:33

Your children will be shepherds in the desert for 40 years. They will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies dead in the desert.

Numbers 25:11

“Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of the priest Aaron, turned my fury away from the Israelites. Since he stood up for me, I didn’t have to stand up for myself and destroy them.

Matthew 4:9

The devil said to him, “I will give you all this if you will bow down and worship me.”

John 15:18

“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me before it hated you.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I say that what everyone does is evil.

John 9:2

His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, why was this man born blind? Did he or his parents sin?”

Romans 1:30

slanderers, haters of God, haughty, arrogant, and boastful. They think up new ways to be cruel. They don’t obey their parents,

Romans 8:7

This is so because the corrupt nature has a hostile attitude toward God. It refuses to place itself under the authority of God’s standards because it can’t.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Are we trying to make the Lord jealous? Are we stronger than he is?

Deuteronomy 32:21

They made him furious because they worshiped foreign gods and angered him because they worshiped worthless idols. So I will use those who are not my people to make them jealous and a nation of godless fools to make them angry.

Deuteronomy 32:41

I will sharpen my flashing sword and take justice into my own hands. Then I will take revenge on my enemies and pay back those who hate me.

Deuteronomy 4:24

The Lord your God is a raging fire, a God who does not tolerate rivals.

Deuteronomy 5:10

But I show mercy to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my commandments.

Deuteronomy 5:9

Never worship them or serve them, because I, the Lord your God, am a God who does not tolerate rivals. I punish children for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.

Deuteronomy 6:15

If you do, the Lord your God will become very angry with you and will wipe you off the face of the earth, because the Lord your God, who is with you, is a God who does not tolerate rivals.

Deuteronomy 7:10

But he sends destruction to pay back everyone who hates him. He never takes long to pay back anyone who hates him.

James 4:4

You unfaithful people! Don’t you know that love for this ⌞evil⌟ world is hatred toward God? Whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God.

Joshua 23:16

When you ignore the conditions  placed on you by the Lord your God and follow other gods, serve them and bow down to them, the Lord will be angry with you. Then you will quickly disappear from the good land he has given you.”

Joshua 23:7

Don’t get mixed up with the nations left in your territory. Don’t ever mention the names of their gods or swear an oath to them. Don’t ever serve their gods or bow down to them.

Joshua 24:19

But Joshua answered the people, “Since the Lord is a holy God, you can’t possibly serve him. He is a God who does not tolerate rivals. He will not forgive your rebellious acts and sins.

Judges 2:19

But after each judge died, the people went back to their old ways and acted more corruptly than their parents. They followed, served, and worshiped other gods. They never gave up their evil practices and stubborn ways.