He went up to the altar that he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, in the month that he had devised from his own heart. And he instituted a feast for the people of Israel and went up to the altar to make offerings.
Numbers 15:39 - English Standard Version 2016 And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And it shall be to you a fringe or tassel that you may look upon and remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, that you may not spy out and follow after [the desires of] your own heart and your own eyes, after which you used to follow and play the harlot [spiritually, if not physically], American Standard Version (1901) and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye follow not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot; Common English Bible This will be your fringe. You will see it and remember all the LORD’s commands and do them. Then you won’t go exploring the lusts of your own heart or your eyes. Catholic Public Domain Version so that, when they see these, they may remember all the commandments of the Lord, and they may not follow their own thoughts and eyes, fornicating in various ways, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That when they shall see them, they may remember all the commandments of the Lord, and not follow their own thoughts and eyes going astray after divers things. |
He went up to the altar that he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, in the month that he had devised from his own heart. And he instituted a feast for the people of Israel and went up to the altar to make offerings.
if my step has turned aside from the way and my heart has gone after my eyes, and if any spot has stuck to my hands,
Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the whore in their deeds.
For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.
And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt.
Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.
then those of you who escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I have been broken over their whoring heart that has departed from me and over their eyes that go whoring after their idols. And they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils that they have committed, for all their abominations.
“Plead with your mother, plead— for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband— that she put away her whoring from her face, and her adultery from between her breasts;
one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.
Take care, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make a carved image, the form of anything that the Lord your God has forbidden you.
then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
“Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today,
then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,
You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.