2Ki 17:15 Cross References
2 Kings 17:15
15: They rejected his laws and the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and they despised all his warnings. They worshiped worthless idols and became worthless themselves. They followed the example of the nations around them, disobeying the LORD's command not to imitate them.
Deuteronomy 12:30
- do not be trapped into following their example in worshiping their gods. Do not say, `How do these nations worship their gods? I want to follow their example.'
- You must not do this to the LORD your God. These nations have committed many detestable acts that the LORD hates, all in the name of their gods. They have even burned their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods.
Deuteronomy 32:21
- They have roused my jealousy by worshiping non-gods; they have provoked my fury with useless idols. Now I will rouse their jealousy by blessing other nations; I will provoke their fury by blessing the foolish Gentiles.
Romans 1:21
- Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn't worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. The result was that their minds became dark and confused.
- Claiming to be wise, they became utter fools instead.
- And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people, or birds and animals and snakes.
Jeremiah 2:5
- This is what the LORD says: "What sin did your ancestors find in me that led them to stray so far? They worshiped foolish idols, only to become foolish themselves.
Exodus 24:6
- Moses took half the blood from these animals and drew it off into basins. The other half he splashed against the altar.
- Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They all responded again, "We will do everything the LORD has commanded. We will obey."
- Then Moses sprinkled the blood from the basins over the people and said, "This blood confirms the covenant the LORD has made with you in giving you these laws."
Jeremiah 8:9
- These wise teachers will be shamed by exile for their sin, for they have rejected the word of the LORD. Are they so wise after all?
1 Kings 16:13
- This happened because of the sins of Baasha and his son Elah and because of all the sins they led Israel to commit, arousing the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, with their idols.
2 Chronicles 33:9
- But Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem to do even more evil than the pagan nations whom the LORD had destroyed when the Israelites entered the land.
2 Kings 17:11
- They burned incense at the shrines, just like the nations the LORD had driven from the land ahead of them. So the people of Israel had done many evil things, arousing the LORD's anger.
- Yes, they worshiped idols, despite the LORD's specific and repeated warnings.
2 Chronicles 36:15
- The LORD, the God of their ancestors, repeatedly sent his prophets to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and his Temple.
- But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the LORD's anger could no longer be restrained and there was no remedy.
2 Kings 17:8
- They had imitated the practices of the pagan nations the LORD had driven from the land before them, as well as the practices the kings of Israel had introduced.
Nehemiah 9:29
- You warned them to return to your law, but they became proud and obstinate and disobeyed your commands. They did not follow your regulations, by which people will find life if only they obey. They stubbornly turned their backs on you and refused to listen.
- In your love, you were patient with them for many years. You sent your Spirit, who, through the prophets, warned them about their sins. But still they wouldn't listen! So once again you allowed the pagan inhabitants of the land to conquer them.
Deuteronomy 29:10
- All of you--your tribal leaders, your judges, your officers, all the men of Israel--are standing today before the LORD your God.
- With you are your little ones, your wives, and the foreigners living among you who chop your wood and carry your water.
- You are standing here today to enter into a covenant with the LORD your God. The LORD is making this covenant with you today, and he has sealed it with an oath.
- He wants to confirm you today as his people and to confirm that he is your God, just as he promised you, and as he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- But you are not the only ones with whom the LORD is making this covenant with its obligations.
1 Corinthians 8:4
- So now, what about it? Should we eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God and no other.
Jeremiah 44:4
- "Again and again I sent my servants, the prophets, to plead with them, `Don't do these horrible things that I hate so much.'
Jeremiah 10:15
- Idols are worthless; they are lies! The time is coming when they will all be destroyed.
Jeremiah 44:23
- The very reason all these terrible things have happened to you is because you have burned incense to idols and sinned against the LORD, refusing to obey him and follow his instructions, laws, and stipulations."
1 Samuel 12:21
- Don't go back to worshiping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you--they really are useless!
2 Chronicles 33:2
- He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, imitating the detestable practices of the pagan nations whom the LORD had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.
Deuteronomy 29:25
- "And they will be told, `This happened because the people of the land broke the covenant they made with the LORD, the God of their ancestors, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
- They turned to serve and worship other gods that were foreign to them, gods that the LORD had not designated for them.
Deuteronomy 6:17
- You must diligently obey the commands of the LORD your God--all the stipulations and laws he has given you.
- Do what is right and good in the LORD's sight, so all will go well with you. Then you will enter and occupy the good land that the LORD solemnly promised to give your ancestors.
Nehemiah 9:26
- "But despite all this, they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They threw away your law, they killed the prophets who encouraged them to return to you, and they committed terrible blasphemies.
Psalms 115:8
- And those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them.
Jeremiah 31:32
- This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a husband loves his wife," says the LORD.
Deuteronomy 32:31
- But the rock of our enemies is not like our Rock, as even they recognize.
Jeremiah 10:8
- The wisest of people who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!
John 2:8
- he said, "Dip some out and take it to the master of ceremonies." So they followed his instructions.