Revelation 2:14

New Century Version

“But I have a few things against you: You have some there who follow the teaching of Balaam. He taught Balak how to cause the people of Israel to sin by eating food offered to idols and by taking part in sexual sins.

Cross References

Isaiah 57:14

Someone will say, “Build a road! Build a road! Prepare the way! Make the way clear for my people.”

Jeremiah 6:21

So this is what the Lord says: “I will put problems in front of Judah. Fathers and sons will stumble over them together. Neighbors and friends will die.”

Ezekiel 3:20

“Again, those who do right may turn away from doing good and do evil. If I make something bad happen to them, they will die. Because you have not warned them, they will die because of their sin, and the good they did will not be remembered. But I will hold you responsible for their deaths.

Ezekiel 44:12

But these Levites helped the people worship their idols and caused the people of Israel to fall, so I make this promise: They will be punished for their sin, says the Lord God.

Numbers 24:14

Now I am going back to my own people, but I will tell you what these people will do to your people in the future.”

Numbers 31:16

They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and turned the Israelites from the Lord at Peor. Then a terrible sickness struck the Lord’s people.

Numbers 31:8

Among those they killed were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who were the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with a sword.

Matthew 18:7

How terrible for the people of the world because of the things that cause them to sin. Such things will happen, but how terrible for the one who causes them to happen!

Acts 15:29

Stay away from any food that has been offered to idols, eating any animals that have been strangled, and blood, and any kind of sexual sin. If you stay away from these things, you will do well. Good-bye.

Acts 21:25

We have already sent a letter to the non-Jewish believers. The letter said: ‘Do not eat food that has been offered to idols, or blood, or animals that have been strangled. Do not take part in sexual sin.’ ”

Romans 11:9

And David says: “Let their own feasts trap them and cause their ruin; let their feasts cause them to stumble and be paid back.

Romans 14:13

For that reason we should stop judging each other. We must make up our minds not to do anything that will make another Christian sin.

Romans 14:21

It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that will cause your brother or sister to sin.

Romans 9:32

because they tried to make themselves right by the things they did instead of trusting in God to make them right. They stumbled over the stone that causes people to stumble.

1 Corinthians 1:23

But we preach a crucified Christ. This causes the Jews to stumble and is foolishness to non-Jews.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because sexual sin is a danger, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage should be honored by everyone, and husband and wife should keep their marriage pure. God will judge as guilty those who take part in sexual sins.

Joshua 24:9

But the king of Moab, Balak son of Zippor, prepared to fight against the Israelites. The king sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,

1 Peter 2:8

Also, he is “a stone that causes people to stumble, a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they do not obey what God says, which is what God planned to happen to them.

2 Peter 2:15

These false teachers left the right road and lost their way, following the way Balaam went. Balaam was the son of Beor, who loved being paid for doing wrong.

Jude 1:11

It will be terrible for them. They have followed the way of Cain, and for money they have given themselves to doing the wrong that Balaam did. They have fought against God as Korah did, and like Korah, they surely will be destroyed.

Revelation 2:20

“But I have this against you: You let that woman Jezebel spread false teachings. She says she is a prophetess, but by her teaching she leads my people to take part in sexual sins and to eat food that is offered to idols.

Revelation 2:4

“But I have this against you: You have left the love you had in the beginning.

Revelation 21:8

But cowards, those who refuse to believe, who do evil things, who kill, who sin sexually, who do evil magic, who worship idols, and who tell lies—all these will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

Outside the city are the evil people, those who do evil magic, who sin sexually, who murder, who worship idols, and who love lies and tell lies.