Revelation 2:14 Cross References

Revelation 2:14

14: And yet I have a few complaints against you. You tolerate some among you who are like Balaam, who showed Balak how to trip up the people of Israel. He taught them to worship idols by eating food offered to idols and by committing sexual sin.

Revelation 2:20

  1. But I have this complaint against you. You are permitting that woman--that Jezebel who calls herself a prophet--to lead my servants astray. She is encouraging them to worship idols, eat food offered to idols, and commit sexual sin.

2 Peter 2:15

  1. They have wandered off the right road and followed the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to earn money by doing wrong.

Numbers 31:16

  1. "These are the very ones who followed Balaam's advice and caused the people of Israel to rebel against the LORD at Mount Peor. They are the ones who caused the plague to strike the LORD's people.

Numbers 25:1

  1. While the Israelites were camped at Acacia, some of the men defiled themselves by sleeping with the local Moabite women.
  2. These women invited them to attend sacrifices to their gods, and soon the Israelites were feasting with them and worshiping the gods of Moab.
  3. Before long Israel was joining in the worship of Baal of Peor, causing the LORD's anger to blaze against his people.

Jude 1:11

  1. How terrible it will be for them! For they follow the evil example of Cain, who killed his brother. Like Balaam, they will do anything for money. And like Korah, they will perish because of their rebellion.

Acts 15:29

  1. You must abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or eating the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. If you do this, you will do well. Farewell."

Hebrews 13:4

  1. Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.

Joshua 24:9

  1. Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, started a war against Israel. He asked Balaam son of Beor to curse you,

Acts 21:25

  1. "As for the Gentile Christians, all we ask of them is what we already told them in a letter: They should not eat food offered to idols, nor consume blood, nor eat meat from strangled animals, and they should stay away from all sexual immorality."

1 Corinthians 10:18

  1. And think about the nation of Israel; all who eat the sacrifices are united by that act.
  2. What am I trying to say? Am I saying that the idols to whom the pagans bring sacrifices are real gods and that these sacrifices are of some value?
  3. No, not at all. What I am saying is that these sacrifices are offered to demons, not to God. And I don't want any of you to be partners with demons.
  4. You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and from the cup of demons, too. You cannot eat at the Lord's Table and at the table of demons, too.
  5. What? Do you dare to rouse the Lord's jealousy as Israel did? Do you think we are stronger than he is?

Acts 15:20

  1. except that we should write to them and tell them to abstain from eating meat sacrificed to idols, from sexual immorality, and from consuming blood or eating the meat of strangled animals.
  2. For these laws of Moses have been preached in Jewish synagogues in every city on every Sabbath for many generations."

Numbers 31:8

  1. All five of the Midianite kings--Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba--died in the battle. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

Matthew 18:7

  1. "How terrible it will be for anyone who causes others to sin. Temptation to do wrong is inevitable, but how terrible it will be for the person who does the tempting.

1 Peter 2:8

  1. And the Scriptures also say, "He is the stone that makes people stumble, the rock that will make them fall." They stumble because they do not listen to God's word or obey it, and so they meet the fate that has been planned for them.

Revelation 21:8

  1. But cowards who turn away from me, and unbelievers, and the corrupt, and murderers, and the immoral, and those who practice witchcraft, and idol worshipers, and all liars--their doom is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death."

1 Corinthians 7:2

  1. But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 6:13

  1. You say, "Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food." This is true, though someday God will do away with both of them. But our bodies were not made for sexual immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies.
  2. And God will raise our bodies from the dead by his marvelous power, just as he raised our Lord from the dead.
  3. Don't you realize that your bodies are actually parts of Christ? Should a man take his body, which belongs to Christ, and join it to a prostitute? Never!
  4. And don't you know that if a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? For the Scriptures say, "The two are united into one."
  5. But the person who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.

Numbers 24:14

  1. Now I am returning to my own people. But first let me tell you what the Israelites will do to your people in the future."

1 Corinthians 8:4

  1. 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.
  2. According to some people, there are many so-called gods and many lords, both in heaven and on earth.
  3. But we know that there is only one God, the Father, who created everything, and we exist for him. And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom God made everything and through whom we have been given life.
  4. However, not all Christians realize this. Some are accustomed to thinking of idols as being real, so when they eat food that has been offered to idols, they think of it as the worship of real gods, and their weak consciences are violated.
  5. It's true that we can't win God's approval by what we eat. We don't miss out on anything if we don't eat it, and we don't gain anything if we do.

Romans 14:21

  1. Don't eat meat or drink wine or do anything else if it might cause another Christian to stumble.

Isaiah 57:14

  1. I will say, `Rebuild the road! Clear away the rocks and stones so my people can return from captivity.'"

Revelation 22:15

  1. Outside the city are the dogs--the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie.

Ezekiel 3:20

  1. If good people turn bad and don't listen to my warning, they will die. If you did not warn them of the consequences, then they will die in their sins. Their previous good deeds won't help them, and I will hold you responsible, demanding your blood for theirs.

Jeremiah 6:21

  1. Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "I will put obstacles in my people's path. Fathers and sons will both fall over them. Neighbors and friends will collapse together."

Romans 14:13

  1. So don't condemn each other anymore. Decide instead to live in such a way that you will not put an obstacle in another Christian's path.

Ezekiel 44:12

  1. But they encouraged my people to worship other gods, causing Israel to fall into deep sin. So I have raised my hand and taken an oath that they must bear the consequences for their sins, says the Sovereign LORD.

Revelation 2:4

  1. But I have this complaint against you. You don't love me or each other as you did at first!

Romans 9:32

  1. Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law and being good instead of by depending on faith. They stumbled over the great rock in their path.

Romans 11:9

  1. David spoke of this same thing when he said, "Let their bountiful table become a snare, a trap that makes them think all is well. Let their blessings cause them to stumble.

1 Corinthians 1:23

  1. So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended, and the Gentiles say it's all nonsense.
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