Deuteronomy 12:30

New Century Version

they will be destroyed for you, but be careful not to be trapped by asking about their gods. Don’t say, “How do these nations worship? I will do the same.”

Cross References

2 Kings 16:10

Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria. Ahaz saw an altar at Damascus, and he sent plans and a pattern of this altar to Uriah the priest.

2 Kings 17:15

They rejected the Lord’s laws and the agreement he had made with their ancestors. And they refused to listen to his warnings. They worshiped useless idols and became useless themselves. They did what the nations around them did, which the Lord had warned them not to do.

Exodus 23:24

“You must not bow down to their gods or worship them. You must not live the way those people live. You must destroy their idols, breaking into pieces the stone pillars they use in worship.

Jeremiah 10:2

This is what he says: “Don’t live like the people from other nations, and don’t be afraid of special signs in the sky, even though the other nations are afraid of them.

Ezekiel 11:12

Then you will know that I am the Lord. You did not live by my rules or obey my laws. Instead, you did the same things as the nations around you.”

Ezekiel 20:28

When I had brought them into the land I promised to give them, they saw every high hill and every leafy tree. There they offered their sacrifices to gods. They brought offerings that made me angry and burned their incense and poured out their drink offerings.

Ezekiel 20:32

“ ‘What you want will not come true. You say, “We want to be like the other nations, like the people in other lands. We want to worship idols made of wood and stone.”

Leviticus 18:3

In the past you lived in Egypt, but you must not do what was done in that country. And you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their customs.

Leviticus 18:30

Keep my command not to do these hateful sins that were done by the people who lived in the land before you. Don’t make yourself unclean by doing them. I am the Lord your God.’ ”

Numbers 33:52

force out all the people who live there. Destroy all of their carved statues and metal idols. Wreck all of their places of worship.

Romans 12:2

Do not be shaped by this world; instead be changed within by a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide what God wants for you; you will know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.

Ephesians 4:17

In the Lord’s name, I tell you this. Do not continue living like those who do not believe. Their thoughts are worth nothing.

Deuteronomy 11:16

Be careful, or you will be fooled and will turn away to serve and worship other gods.

Deuteronomy 12:29

You will enter the land and take it away from the nations that the Lord your God will destroy ahead of you. When you force them out and live in their land,

Deuteronomy 12:31

Don’t worship the Lord your God that way, because the Lord hates the evil ways they worship their gods. They even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods!

Deuteronomy 18:9

When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, don’t learn to do the hateful things the other nations do.

Deuteronomy 20:18

Otherwise, they will teach you what they do for their gods, and if you do these hateful things, you will sin against the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 7:16

You must destroy all the people the Lord your God hands over to you. Do not feel sorry for them, and do not worship their gods, or they will trap you.