Bible Cross References
took counsel
1 Kings 12:8
But he ignored the advice of the older men and went instead to the young men who had grown up with him and who were now his advisers.
1 Kings 12:9
"What do you advise me to do?" he asked. "What shall I say to the people who are asking me to make their burdens lighter?"
Exodus 1:10
In case of war they might join our enemies in order to fight against us, and might escape from the country. We must find some way to keep them from becoming even more numerous."
Isaiah 30:1
The LORD has spoken: "Those who rule Judah are doomed because they rebel against me. They follow plans that I did not make, and sign treaties against my will, piling one sin on another.
two calves of gold
Exodus 20:4
"Do not make for yourselves images of anything in heaven or on earth or in the water under the earth.
Deuteronomy 4:14-18
14
The LORD told me to teach you all the laws that you are to obey in the land that you are about to invade and occupy.
15
"When the LORD spoke to you from the fire on Mount Sinai, you did not see any form. For your own good, then, make certain
16
that you do not sin by making for yourselves an idol in any form at all---whether man or woman,
17
animal or bird,
18
reptile or fish.
2 Kings 10:29
But he imitated the sin of King Jeroboam, who led Israel into the sin of worshiping the gold bull-calves he set up in Bethel and in Dan.
2 Kings 17:16
They broke all the laws of the LORD their God and made two metal bull-calves to worship; they also made an image of the goddess Asherah, worshiped the stars, and served the god Baal.
2 Chronicles 11:15
Jeroboam appointed priests of his own to serve at the pagan places of worship and to worship demons and the idols he made in the form of bull-calves.
Hosea 8:4-7
4
"My people chose kings, but they did it on their own. They appointed leaders, but without my approval. They took their silver and gold and made idols---for their own destruction.
5
I hate the gold bull worshiped by the people of the city of Samaria. I am furious with them. How long will it be before they give up their idolatry?
6
An Israelite craftsman made the idol, and it is not a god at all! The gold bull worshiped in Samaria will be smashed to pieces!
7
When they sow the wind, they will reap a storm! A field of grain that doesn't ripen can never produce any bread. But even if it did, foreigners would eat it up.
Hosea 10:5
The people who live in the city of Samaria will be afraid and will mourn the loss of the gold bull at Bethaven. They and the priests who serve the idol will weep over it. They will wail when it is stripped of its golden splendor.
Hosea 10:6
The idol will be carried off to Assyria as tribute to the great emperor. The people of Israel will be disgraced and put to shame because of the advice they followed.
It is too much
Isaiah 30:10
They tell the prophets to keep quiet. They say, "Don't talk to us about what's right. Tell us what we want to hear. Let us keep our illusions.
2 Peter 2:19
They promise them freedom while they themselves are slaves of destructive habits---for we are slaves of anything that has conquered us.
behold
Exodus 32:4
He took the earrings, melted them, poured the gold into a mold, and made a gold bull-calf. The people said, "Israel, this is our god, who led us out of Egypt!"
Exodus 32:8
They have already left the way that I commanded them to follow; they have made a bull-calf out of melted gold and have worshiped it and offered sacrifices to it. They are saying that this is their god, who led them out of Egypt.