Acts 7:42

Tree of Life Version

But God turned and gave them over to serve the host of heaven, just as it is written in the book of the Prophets: ‘It was not to Me that you brought sacrifices and offerings for forty years in the wilderness, was it, O House of Israel?

Cross References

2 Kings 17:16

So they abandoned all the mitzvot of Adonai their God. So they made for themselves molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah pole, and bowed down to all the host of heavens, and worshipped Baal,

2 Kings 21:3

For he rebuilt the shrines that his father Hezekiah had destroyed and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and bowed down to all the host of heaven and worshipped them.

Psalm 95:10

For forty years I loathed that generation. So I said: ‘It is a people whose heart goes astray, who do not know My ways.’

Isaiah 43:23

You have not brought Me sheep for your burnt offerings; nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I did not compel you to serve offerings nor wearied you with incense.

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled, and grieved His Ruach ha-Kodesh. So He turned to become their enemy. He Himself fought against them.

Isaiah 66:4

So I will choose their punishments and bring on them what they dread. For when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they did not listen. But they did what was evil in My eyes, and chose what I did not delight in.

Jeremiah 19:13

The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be as defiled as the place Topheth—all the houses on whose roofs they burned incense to the whole heavenly host and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”

Jeremiah 8:2

They will spread them out to the sun, the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, and after which they have walked and sought, and which they have worshipped. They will not be gathered or buried, but will be like dung on the face of the ground.

Ezekiel 20:25

I also gave them statutes that were not good, ordinances by which they could not live.

Ezekiel 20:39

“As for you, house of Israel,” thus says Adonai Elohim: “Go on serving your idols, all of you! Yet afterward, you will surely listen to Me. My holy Name you will no longer profane with your gifts and your idols.

Ezekiel 8:16

So He brought me into the inner court of Adonai’s House. Behold, at the door of the Temple of Adonai, between the porch and the altar, were about 25 men, with their backs toward the Temple of Adonai and their faces toward the east—and they were bowing in worship eastward toward the sun.

Hosea 4:17

Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone!

John 6:45

It is written in the Prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has listened and learned from the Father comes to Me.

Acts 13:40

“Be careful, then, so that what is said in the Prophets may not come upon you:

Acts 7:36

This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

Deuteronomy 17:3

This person goes and serves other gods and worships them—the sun or moon or any of the heavenly host, which I have not commanded.

Deuteronomy 4:19

and so that you do not lift up your eyes toward the heavens and see the sun and the moon and the stars—all the heavenly host—and are drawn away and bow down and worship them. Adonai your God has allotted them to all the peoples under all the heavens.

Hebrews 3:9

There your fathers put Me to the test, though they saw My works for forty years.

Joshua 24:20

If you forsake Adonai and worship foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after He has done good to you.”