Zephaniah 1:5

Modern English Version

and those who bow down on the roofs to the host of heaven; those who worship and swear oaths by the Lord and yet swear by Milcom;

Cross References

1 Kings 11:33

because they have forsaken Me and have worshipped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Chemosh, the god of the Moabites, and Molech, the god of the Ammonites and have not walked in My ways and have not done that which is right in My eyes, to keep My statutes and judgments, as his father David had done.

1 Kings 11:5

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Molech, the abomination of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 18:21

Elijah came to all the people and said, “How long will you stay between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him, but if Baal, then follow him.” And the people did not say a word.

2 Kings 17:32

They feared the Lord and made from amongst themselves priests of the high places, who were working for them in the houses of the high places.

2 Kings 17:33

They feared the Lord, and they were serving their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they exiled from there.

2 Kings 17:41

So these nations feared the Lord and were serving their carved images, both their children and their grandchildren, as their fathers did, and so they are doing to this day.

2 Kings 23:12

The altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord the king tore down and banished from there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

Isaiah 22:1

The oracle of the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you all have gone up to the housetops,

Isaiah 44:5

One will say, “I am the Lord’s”; another will call himself by the name of Jacob; and another will write on his hand, “Belonging to the Lord,” and name himself by the name of Israel.

Isaiah 45:23

I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.

Isaiah 48:1

Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth from the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of the Lord, and invoke the God of Israel, but not in truth or in righteousness;

Jeremiah 12:16

It shall come to pass if they will diligently learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, “As the Lord lives,” as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they will be built up in the midst of My people.

Jeremiah 19:13

And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled as the place of Topheth, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.

Jeremiah 32:29

And the Chaldeans who fight against this city will come and set this city on fire and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke Me to anger.

Jeremiah 4:2

You shall swear, “As the Lord lives,” in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; then the nations shall bless themselves in Him, and in Him they shall glory.

Jeremiah 49:1

Concerning the Ammonites: Thus says the Lord: Does Israel have no sons? Or has he no heirs? Why then does their king inherit Gad and his people dwell in his cities?

Jeremiah 5:2

Though they say, “The Lord lives,” surely they swear falsely.

Jeremiah 5:7

How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by those who are not gods. When I had fed them to the full, then they committed adultery and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.

Jeremiah 7:10

and come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My name, and say, “We are delivered,” so that you may do all these abominations?

Jeremiah 7:9

Shall you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know,

Jeremiah 8:2

And they will spread them before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped. They will not be gathered or be buried. They will be as dung upon the face of the earth.

Hosea 10:2

Their heart is divided; now they must bear their guilt. He will break down their altars and destroy their pillars.

Hosea 4:15

Though you play the whore, O Israel, do not let Judah offend. Do not come to Gilgal, or go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear, “As the Lord lives.”

Amos 5:26

But you will carry away Sukuth your king and Kaiwan your star-images, your gods that you made for yourselves,

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Acts 10:9

The next day as they went on their journey and drew near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray about the sixth hour.

Romans 14:11

For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”

Deuteronomy 10:20

You must fear the Lord your God. You must serve Him and cling to Him, and swear by His name.

Deuteronomy 4:19

And beware, lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, you are led astray and worship them, and serve them, that which the Lord your God has allotted to all nations under the whole heaven.

Joshua 23:7

Do not assimilate with these peoples remaining among you. Do not invoke the names of their gods, nor swear by, serve, or worship them.