Deuteronomy 32:17

New Century Version

They made sacrifices to demons, not God, to gods they had never known, new gods from nearby, gods your ancestors did not fear.

Cross References

Exodus 32:8

They have quickly turned away from the things I commanded them to do. They have made for themselves a calf covered with gold, and they have worshiped it and offered sacrifices to it. They have said, ‘Israel, these are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.’ ”

Isaiah 44:8

Don’t be afraid! Don’t worry! I have always told you what will happen. You are my witnesses. There is no other God but me. I know of no other Rock; I am the only One.”

Jeremiah 10:15

They are worth nothing; people make fun of them. When they are judged, they will be destroyed.

Jeremiah 19:4

The people of Judah have quit following me. They have made this a place for foreign gods. They have burned sacrifices to other gods that neither they, nor their ancestors, nor the kings of Judah had ever known before. They filled this place with the blood of innocent people.

Jeremiah 44:3

It is because the people who lived there did evil. They made me angry by burning incense and worshiping other gods that neither they nor you nor your ancestors ever knew.

Leviticus 17:7

They must not offer any more sacrifices to their goat idols, which they have chased like prostitutes. These rules will continue for people from now on.’

Amos 5:25

“People of Israel, you did not bring me sacrifices and offerings while you traveled in the desert for forty years.

1 Corinthians 8:4

So this is what I say about eating meat sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is really nothing in the world, and we know there is only one God.

Deuteronomy 13:8

Do not give in to such people. Do not listen or feel sorry for them, and do not let them go free or protect them.

Deuteronomy 28:64

Then the Lord will scatter you among the nations—from one end of the earth to the other. There you will serve other gods of wood and stone, gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known.

Deuteronomy 32:21

They used things that are not gods to make me jealous and worthless idols to make me angry. So I will use those who are not a nation to make them jealous; I will use a nation that does not understand to make them angry.

1 Timothy 4:1

Now the Holy Spirit clearly says that in the later times some people will stop believing the faith. They will follow spirits that lie and teachings of demons.

Revelation 9:20

The other people who were not killed by these terrible disasters still did not change their hearts and turn away from what they had made with their own hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—things that cannot see or hear or walk.

Judges 5:8

At that time they chose to follow new gods. Because of this, enemies fought us at our city gates. No one could find a shield or a spear among the forty thousand people of Israel.