Deuteronomy 29:18

New Century Version

Make sure no man, woman, family group, or tribe among you leaves the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. They would be to you like a plant that grows bitter, poisonous fruit.

Cross References

Psalm 10:13

Why do wicked people hate God? They say to themselves, “God won’t punish us.”

Psalm 69:21

They put poison in my food and gave me vinegar to drink.

Jeremiah 23:15

So this is what the Lord All-Powerful says about the prophets: “I will make those prophets eat bitter food and drink poisoned water, because the prophets of Jerusalem spread wickedness through the whole country.”

Jeremiah 23:17

They say to those who hate me: ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’ They say to all those who are stubborn and do as they please: ‘Nothing bad will happen to you.’

Jeremiah 8:14

“Why are we just sitting here? Let’s get together! We have sinned against the Lord, so he has given us poisoned water to drink. Come, let’s run to the strong, walled cities. The Lord our God has decided that we must die, so let’s die there.

Jeremiah 9:15

So this is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: “I will soon make the people of Judah eat bitter food and drink poisoned water.

Hosea 10:4

They make many false promises and agreements which they don’t keep. So people sue each other in court; they are like poisonous weeds growing in a plowed field.

Amos 6:12

Horses do not run on rocks, and people do not plow rocks with oxen. But you have changed fairness into poison; you have changed what is right into a bitter taste.

Acts 8:23

I see that you are full of bitter jealousy and ruled by sin.”

Deuteronomy 29:19

These are the kind of people who hear these curses but bless themselves, thinking, “We will be safe even though we continue doing what we want to do.” Those people may destroy all of your land, both wet and dry.

Deuteronomy 32:32

Their vine comes from Sodom, and their fields are like Gomorrah. Their grapes are full of poison; their bunches of grapes are bitter.

Hebrews 12:15

Be careful that no one fails to receive God’s grace and begins to cause trouble among you. A person like that can ruin many of you.

Hebrews 3:12

So brothers and sisters, be careful that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that will turn you away from the living God.