Zephaniah 1:5

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

those who bow down on the roofs to the host of the heavens; those who bow down and swear to the Lord and yet swear by Milcom;

Cross References

1 Kings 11:33

because he has forsaken me, and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and has not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did.

1 Kings 11:5

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 18:21

And Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” And the people did not answer him a word.

2 Kings 17:32

They also feared the Lord, and appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.

2 Kings 17:33

So they feared the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

2 Kings 17:41

So these nations feared the Lord, and also served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children's children—as their fathers did, so they do to this day.

2 Kings 23:12

And the altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, he pulled down and broke in pieces, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

Isaiah 22:1

The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,

Isaiah 44:5

This one will say, ‘I am the Lord's,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord's,’ and surname himself by the name of Israel.”

Isaiah 45:23

By myself I have sworn, from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness a word that shall not return: ‘To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.’

Isaiah 48:1

Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and who came forth from the loins of Judah; who swear by the name of the Lord, and confess the God of Israel, but not in truth or right.

Jeremiah 12:16

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

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 32:29

The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs incense has been offered to Baal and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

Jeremiah 4:2

and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in uprightness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.”

Jeremiah 49:1

Concerning the Ammonites. Thus says the Lord: “Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad, and his people settled in its cities?

Jeremiah 5:2

Though they say, “As the Lord lives,” yet they swear falsely.

Jeremiah 5:7

“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and have sworn by those who are no gods. When I fed them to the full, they committed adultery and trooped to the houses of harlots.

Jeremiah 7:10

and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations?

Jeremiah 7:9

Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known,

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.

Hosea 10:2

Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars, and destroy their pillars.

Hosea 4:15

Though you play the harlot, O Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Enter not into Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-aven, and swear not, “As the Lord lives.”

Amos 5:26

You shall take up Sakkuth your king, and Kaiwan your star-god, your images, which you made for yourselves;

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Acts 10:9

The next day, as they were on their journey and coming near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour.

Romans 14:11

for it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.”

Deuteronomy 10:20

You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve him and cleave to him, and by his name you shall swear.

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.

Joshua 23:7

that you may not be mixed with these nations left here among you, or make mention of the names of their gods, or swear by them, or serve them, or bow down yourselves to them,