Exodus 20:4-6
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4 “(A)You shall not make for yourself [a]an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. 5 (B)You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a (C)jealous God, (D)inflicting the [b]punishment of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, 6 but showing [c]favor to (E)thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
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- Exodus 20:4 Or a carved image
- Exodus 20:5 I.e., punishment for the wrongdoing
- Exodus 20:6 Or faithfulness
Leviticus 26:1
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Blessings of Obedience
26 ‘You shall not make for yourselves (A)idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves (B)a carved image or (C)a memorial stone, nor shall you place a (D)figured stone in your land to bow down [a]to it; for I am the Lord your God.
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- Leviticus 26:1 Lit over
Deuteronomy 4:15-18
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15 “So (A)be very careful [a]yourselves, since you did not see any (B)form on the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire, 16 so that you do not (C)act corruptly and (D)make a carved image for yourselves in the form of any figure, a representation of male or female, 17 a representation of any animal that is on the earth, a representation of (E)any winged bird that flies in the sky, 18 a representation of anything that crawls on the ground, or a representation of any fish that is in the water below the earth.
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- Deuteronomy 4:15 Or for your own lives
Deuteronomy 27:15
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15 ‘Cursed is the person who makes (A)a carved image or cast metal image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And (B)all the people shall reply and say, ‘Amen.’
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Psalm 97:7
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7 May all those be ashamed who serve (A)carved images,
Who boast in (B)idols;
[a](C)Worship Him, all you [b]gods.
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- Psalm 97:7 Or All the gods have worshiped Him
- Psalm 97:7 Or supernatural powers
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