Bible Cross References
among you man
Deuteronomy 11:16
Do not let yourselves be led away from the LORD to worship and serve other gods.
Deuteronomy 11:17
If you do, the LORD will become angry with you. He will hold back the rain, and your ground will become too dry for crops to grow. Then you will soon die there, even though it is a good land that he is giving you.
Deuteronomy 13:1-15
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"Prophets or interpreters of dreams may promise a miracle or a wonder,
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in order to lead you to worship and serve gods that you have not worshiped before. Even if what they promise comes true,
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do not pay any attention to them. The LORD your God is using them to test you, to see if you love the LORD with all your heart.
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Follow the LORD and honor him; obey him and keep his commands; worship him and be faithful to him.
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But put to death any interpreters of dreams or prophets that tell you to rebel against the LORD, who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves. Such people are evil and are trying to lead you away from the life that the LORD has commanded you to live. They must be put to death, in order to rid yourselves of this evil.
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"Even your brother or your son or your daughter or the wife you love or your closest friend may secretly encourage you to worship other gods, gods that you and your ancestors have never worshiped.
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Some of them may encourage you to worship the gods of the people who live near you or the gods of those who live far away.
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But do not let any of them persuade you; do not even listen to them. Show them no mercy or pity, and do not protect them.
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Kill them! Be the first to stone them, and then let everyone else stone them too.
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Stone them to death! They tried to lead you away from the LORD your God, who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves.
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Then all the people of Israel will hear what happened; they will be afraid, and no one will ever again do such an evil thing.
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"When you are living in the towns that the LORD your God gives you, you may hear
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that some worthless people of your nation have misled the people of their town to worship gods that you have never worshiped before.
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If you hear such a rumor, investigate it thoroughly; and if it is true that this evil thing did happen,
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then kill all the people in that town and all their livestock too. Destroy that town completely.
Deuteronomy 17:2-7
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"Suppose you hear that in one of your towns some men or women have sinned against the LORD and broken his covenant
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by worshiping and serving other gods or the sun or the moon or the stars, contrary to the LORD's command.
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If you hear such a report, then investigate it thoroughly. If it is true that this evil thing has happened in Israel,
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then take them outside the town and stone them to death.
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However, they may be put to death only if two or more witnesses testify against them; they are not to be put to death if there is only one witness.
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The witnesses are to throw the first stones, and then the rest of the people are to stone them; in this way you will get rid of this evil.
Hebrews 3:12
My friends, be careful that none of you have a heart so evil and unbelieving that you will turn away from the living God.
among you a root
Jeremiah 9:15
So then, listen to what I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, will do: I will give my people bitter plants to eat and poison to drink.
Hosea 10:4
They utter empty words and make false promises and useless treaties. Justice has become injustice, growing like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.
Amos 6:12
Do horses gallop on rocks? Does anyone plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison, and right into wrong.
Acts 8:23
For I see that you are full of bitter envy and are a prisoner of sin."
Hebrews 12:15
Guard against turning back from the grace of God. Let no one become like a bitter plant that grows up and causes many troubles with its poison.