Acts 7:42

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But God turned and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices, forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

Cross References

2 Kings 17:16

And they forsook all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves molten images of two calves; and they made an Asherah, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

2 Kings 21:3

For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.

Psalm 95:10

For forty years I loathed that generation and said, “They are a people who err in heart, and they do not regard my ways.”

Isaiah 43:23

You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings, or honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, or wearied you with frankincense.

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled and grieved his holy Spirit; therefore he turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.

Isaiah 66:4

I also will choose affliction for them, and bring their fears upon them; because, when I called, no one answered, when I spoke they did not listen; but they did what was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Jeremiah 19:13

The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah—all the houses upon whose roofs incense has been burned to all the host of heaven, and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods—shall be defiled like the place of Topheth.’ ”

Jeremiah 8:2

and they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped; and they shall not be gathered or buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.

Ezekiel 20:25

Moreover I gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not have life;

Ezekiel 20:39

“As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord God: Go serve every one of you his idols, now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts and your idols.

Ezekiel 8:16

And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord; and behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.

Hosea 4:17

Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone.

John 6:45

It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.

Acts 13:40

Beware, therefore, lest there come upon you what is said in the prophets:

Acts 7:36

He led them out, having performed wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

Deuteronomy 17:3

and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have forbidden,

Deuteronomy 4:19

And beware lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and worship them and serve them, things which the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

Hebrews 3:9

where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years.

Joshua 24:20

If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after having done you good.”