Deuteronomy 13:7

New American Bible - revised edition

If your brother, your father’s child or your mother’s child, your son or daughter, your beloved spouse, or your intimate friend entices you secretly, saying, “Come, let us serve other gods,” whom you and your ancestors have not known,

Cross References

2 Chronicles 22:3

He, too, walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, because his mother was his counselor in doing evil.

Jeremiah 44:15

They answered Jeremiah—all the men who knew that their wives were offering sacrifices to other gods, all the women standing there in the immense crowd, and all the people who lived in Lower and Upper Egypt:

Numbers 25:4

The Lord said to Moses: Gather all the leaders of the people, and publicly execute them before the Lord, that the blazing wrath of the Lord may turn away from Israel.

Deuteronomy 13:6

But that prophet or that dreamer shall be put to death, because, in order to lead you astray from the way which the Lord, your God, has commanded you to take, the prophet or dreamer has spoken apostasy against the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. Thus shall you purge the evil from your midst.

Deuteronomy 13:8

any of the gods of the surrounding peoples, near to you or far away, from one end of the earth to the other:

Deuteronomy 6:14

You shall not go after other gods, any of the gods of the surrounding peoples—

Joshua 24:15

If it is displeasing to you to serve the Lord, choose today whom you will serve, the gods your ancestors served beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose country you are dwelling. As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”