Deuteronomy 4:19 Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:19

19: And when you look up into the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars--all the forces of heaven--don't be seduced by them and worship them. The LORD your God designated these heavenly bodies for all the peoples of the earth.

2 Kings 17:16

  1. They defied all the commands of the LORD their God and made two calves from metal. They set up an Asherah pole and worshiped Baal and all the forces of heaven.

2 Kings 21:3

  1. He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed. He constructed altars for Baal and set up an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. He also bowed before all the forces of heaven and worshiped them.

Genesis 1:16

  1. For God made two great lights, the sun and the moon, to shine down upon the earth. The greater one, the sun, presides during the day; the lesser one, the moon, presides through the night. He also made the stars.
  2. God set these lights in the heavens to light the earth,
  3. to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Deuteronomy 17:3

  1. by serving other gods or by worshiping the sun, the moon, or any of the forces of heaven, which I have strictly forbidden.

Genesis 2:1

  1. So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed.

Psalms 136:7

  1. Give thanks to him who made the heavenly lights--His faithful love endures forever.
  2. the sun to rule the day, His faithful love endures forever.
  3. and the moon and stars to rule the night. His faithful love endures forever.

Romans 1:25

  1. Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they worshiped the things God made but not the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever. Amen.

Psalms 148:3

  1. Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you twinkling stars!
  2. Praise him, skies above! Praise him, vapors high above the clouds!
  3. Let every created thing give praise to the LORD, for he issued his command, and they came into being.

Amos 5:25

  1. "Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, Israel?
  2. No, your real interest was in your pagan gods--Sakkuth your king god and Kaiwan your star god--the images you yourselves made.

Acts 7:42

  1. Then God turned away from them and gave them up to serve the sun, moon, and stars as their gods! In the book of the prophets it is written, 'Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices during those forty years in the wilderness, Israel?

Nehemiah 9:6

  1. You alone are the LORD. You made the skies and the heavens and all the stars. You made the earth and the seas and everything in them. You preserve and give life to everything, and all the angels of heaven worship you.

Psalms 74:16

  1. Both day and night belong to you; you made the starlight and the sun.
  2. You set the boundaries of the earth, and you make both summer and winter.

Joshua 10:12

  1. On the day the LORD gave the Israelites victory over the Amorites, Joshua prayed to the LORD in front of all the people of Israel. He said, "Let the sun stand still over Gibeon, and the moon over the valley of Aijalon."
  2. So the sun and moon stood still until the Israelites had defeated their enemies. Is this event not recorded in The Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the middle of the sky, and it did not set as on a normal day.

Ezekiel 8:16

  1. Then he brought me into the inner courtyard of the LORD's Temple. At the entrance, between the foyer and the bronze altar, about twenty-five men were standing with their backs to the LORD's Temple. They were facing eastward, worshiping the sun!

Job 31:26

  1. Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies, or the moon walking down its silver pathway,
  2. and been secretly enticed in my heart to worship them?
  3. If so, I should be punished by the judges, for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven.

Jeremiah 33:25

  1. But this is the LORD's reply: I would no more reject my people than I would change my laws of night and day, of earth and sky.

Matthew 5:45

  1. In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and on the unjust, too.

Jeremiah 19:13

  1. Yes, all the houses in Jerusalem, including the palace of Judah's kings, will become like Topheth--all the houses where you burned incense on the rooftops to your star gods, and where drink offerings were poured out to your idols.'"

Jeremiah 31:35

  1. It is the LORD who provides the sun to light the day and the moon and stars to light the night. It is he who stirs the sea into roaring waves. His name is the LORD Almighty, and this is what he says:

Jeremiah 8:2

  1. They will dig out their bones and spread them out on the ground before the sun, moon, and stars--the gods my people have loved, served, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up again or buried but will be scattered on the ground like dung.

2 Kings 23:4

  1. Then the king instructed Hilkiah the high priest and the leading priests and the Temple gatekeepers to remove from the LORD's Temple all the utensils that were used to worship Baal, Asherah, and all the forces of heaven. The king had all these things burned outside Jerusalem on the terraces of the Kidron Valley, and he carried the ashes away to Bethel.
  2. He did away with the pagan priests, who had been appointed by the previous kings of Judah, for they had burned incense at the pagan shrines throughout Judah and even in the vicinity of Jerusalem. They had also offered incense to Baal, and to the sun, the moon, the constellations, and to all the forces of heaven.

Zephaniah 1:5

  1. For they go up to their roofs and bow to the sun, moon, and stars. They claim to follow the LORD, but then they worship Molech, too. So now I will destroy them!

2 Kings 23:11

  1. He removed from the entrance of the LORD's Temple the horse statues that the former kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were near the quarters of Nathan-melech the eunuch, an officer of the court. The king also burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.
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