Deuteronomy 4:16

New Living Translation

So do not corrupt yourselves by making an idol in any form—whether of a man or a woman,

Cross References

Exodus 32:7

The Lord told Moses, “Quick! Go down the mountain! Your people whom you brought from the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.

Isaiah 40:18

To whom can you compare God? What image can you find to resemble him?

Isaiah 44:13

Then the wood-carver measures a block of wood and draws a pattern on it. He works with chisel and plane and carves it into a human figure. He gives it human beauty and puts it in a little shrine.

Ezekiel 8:10

So I went in and saw the walls covered with engravings of all kinds of crawling animals and detestable creatures. I also saw the various idols worshiped by the people of Israel.

Leviticus 19:4

“Do not put your trust in idols or make metal images of gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 26:1

“Do not make idols or set up carved images, or sacred pillars, or sculptured stones in your land so you may worship them. I am the Lord your God.

John 4:24

For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”

Acts 17:29

And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.

Deuteronomy 16:22

And never set up sacred pillars for worship, for the Lord your God hates them.

Deuteronomy 27:15

‘Cursed is anyone who carves or casts an idol and secretly sets it up. These idols, the work of craftsmen, are detestable to the Lord.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’

Deuteronomy 31:29

I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and will turn from the way I have commanded you to follow. In the days to come, disaster will come down on you, for you will do what is evil in the Lord’s sight, making him very angry with your actions.”

Deuteronomy 4:23

So be careful not to break the covenant the Lord your God has made with you. Do not make idols of any shape or form, for the Lord your God has forbidden this.

Deuteronomy 4:25

“In the future, when you have children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time, do not corrupt yourselves by making idols of any kind. This is evil in the sight of the Lord your God and will arouse his anger.

Deuteronomy 5:8

“You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind, or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.

Deuteronomy 5:9

You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.

Deuteronomy 9:12

Then the Lord said to me, ‘Get up! Go down immediately, for the people you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned away from the way I commanded them to live! They have melted gold and made an idol for themselves!’

1 Timothy 1:17

All honor and glory to God forever and ever! He is the eternal King, the unseen one who never dies; he alone is God. Amen.