Bible Cross References
in Bethel
1 Kings 12:29-32
29
He placed one of the gold bull-calves in Bethel and the other in Dan.
30
And so the people sinned, going to worship in Bethel and in Dan.
31
Jeroboam also built places of worship on hilltops, and he chose priests from families who were not of the tribe of Levi.
32
Jeroboam also instituted a religious festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival in Judah. On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the gold bull-calves he had made, and he placed there in Bethel the priests serving at the places of worship he had built.
taught them
Isaiah 29:13
The Lord said, "These people claim to worship me, but their words are meaningless, and their hearts are somewhere else. Their religion is nothing but human rules and traditions, which they have simply memorized.
Matthew 15:14
"Don't worry about them! They are blind leaders of the blind; and when one blind man leads another, both fall into a ditch."