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Best match1 Corinthians 10:6–14
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6 These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. 7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.” 8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. 9 We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes. 10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel. 11 Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. 12 So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall. 13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it. 14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:20–31
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20 So the multitude, allured by reason of the grace of his handiwork, now consider an object of devotion him that a little before was honored as a man. (WEB) 21 And this became an ambush, because men, in bondage either to calamity or to tyranny, invested stones and stocks with the Name that shouldn’t be shared. (WEB) 22 Afterward it was not enough for them to go astray concerning the knowledge of God, but also, while they live in a great war of ignorance, they call a multitude of evils peace. (WEB) 23 For either slaughtering children in solemn rites, or celebrating secret mysteries, or holding frenzied revels of strange customs, (WEB) 24 no longer do they guard either life or purity of marriage, but one brings upon another either death by treachery, or anguish by adultery. (WEB) 25 And all things confusedly are filled with blood and murder, theft and deceit, corruption, faithlessness, tumult, perjury, (WEB) 26 confusion about what is good, forgetfulness of favors, ingratitude for benefits, defiling of souls, confusion of sex, disorder in marriage, adultery and wantonness. (WEB) 27 For the worship of idols that may not be named is a beginning and cause and end of every evil. (WEB) 28 For their worshipers either make merry to madness, or prophesy lies, or live unrighteously, or lightly commit perjury. (WEB) 29 For putting their trust in lifeless idols, when they have sworn a wicked oath, they expect not to suffer harm. (WEB) 30 But on both counts, the just doom will pursue them,… (WEB) 31 … (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 14:8–19
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8 but the idol made with hands is accursed, itself and he that made it; because his was the working, and the corruptible thing was called a god. (WEB) 9 For both the ungodly and his ungodliness are alike hateful to God; (WEB) 10 for truly the deed will be punished together with him who committed it. (WEB) 11 Therefore also there will be a visitation among the idols of the nation, because, though formed of things which God created, they were made an abomination, stumbling blocks to the souls of men, and a snare to the feet of the foolish. (WEB) 12 For the devising of idols was the beginning of fornication, and the invention of them the corruption of life. (WEB) 13 For they didn’t exist from the beginning, and they won’t exist forever. (WEB) 14 For by the boastfulness of men they entered into the world, and therefore a speedy end was planned for them. (WEB) 15 For a father worn with untimely grief, making an image of the child quickly taken away, now honored him as a god which was then a dead human being, and delivered to those that were under him mysteries and solemn rites. (WEB) 16 Afterward the ungodly custom, in process of time grown strong, was kept as a law, and the engraved images received worship by the commandments of princes. (WEB) 17 And when men could not honor them in presence because they lived far off, imagining the likeness from afar, they made a visible image of the king whom they honored, that by their zeal they might flatter the absent as if present. (WEB)
Isaiah 2:6–10
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6 For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners. 7 Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots. 8 Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made. 9 So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not forgive them! 10 Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:13–18
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13 For this man, beyond all others, knows that he sins, out of earthy matter making brittle vessels and engraved images. (WEB) 14 But most foolish and more miserable than a baby, are the enemies of your people, who oppressed them; (WEB) 15 because they even considered all the idols of the nations to be gods, which have neither the use of eyes for seeing, nor nostrils for drawing breath, nor ears to hear, nor fingers for handling, and their feet are helpless for walking. (WEB) 16 For a man made them, and one whose own spirit is borrowed molded them; for no one has power as a man to mold a god like himself. (WEB) 17 But, being mortal, he makes a dead thing by the work of lawless hands; for he is better than the objects of his worship, since he indeed had life, but they never did. (WEB) 18 Yes, and they worship the creatures that are most hateful, for, being compared as to lack of sense, these are worse than all others; (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 15:1–12
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1 But you, our God, are gracious and true, patient, and in mercy ordering all things. (WEB) 2 For even if we sin, we are yours, knowing your dominion; but we will not sin, knowing that we have been accounted yours. (WEB) 3 For to be acquainted with you is perfect righteousness, and to know your dominion is the root of immortality. (WEB) 4 For we weren’t led astray by any evil plan of men’s, nor yet by painters’ fruitless labor, a form stained with varied colors, (WEB) 5 the sight of which leads fools into lust. Their desire is for the breathless form of a dead image. (WEB) 6 Lovers of evil things, and worthy of such hopes, are those who make, desire, and worship them. (WEB) 7 For a potter, kneading soft earth, laboriously molds each article for our service. He fashions out of the same clay both the vessels that minister to clean uses, and those of a contrary sort, all in like manner. What shall be the use of each article of either sort, the potter is the judge. (WEB) 8 Also, laboring to an evil end, he molds a vain god out of the same clay, he who, having but a little before been made of earth, after a short space goes his way to the earth out of which he was taken, when he is required to give back the soul which was lent him. (WEB) 9 However he has anxious care, not because his powers must fail, nor because his span of life is short; But he compares himself with goldsmiths and silversmiths, and he imitates molders in brass, and considers it great t… (WEB)
Mandates 43:2–4
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2 These doubtful-minded ones then come to him as to a soothsayer and enquire of him what shall befall them. And he, the false prophet, having no power of a divine Spirit in himself, speaketh with them according to their enquiries [and according to the lusts of their wickedness], and filleth their souls as they themselves wish. (HER) 3 For being empty himself he giveth empty answers to empty enquirers; for what-ever enquiry may be made of him, he answereth according to the emptiness of the man. But he speaketh also some true words; for the devil filleth him with his own spirit, if so be he shall be able to break down some of the righteous. (HER) 4 So many therefore as are strong in the faith of the Lord, clothed with the truth, cleave not to such spirits, but hold aloof from them; but as many as are doubters and frequently change their minds, practice soothsaying like the Gentiles, and bring upon themselves greater sin by their idolatries. For he that consulteth a false prophet on any matter is an idolater and emptied of the truth, and senseless. (HER)
Ezekiel 14:1–11
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1 Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me. 2 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 3 “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way? 4 Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry, 5 so that I may take hold of the hearts of the people of Israel. For because of their idols, they are all estranged from Me.’ 6 Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations. 7 For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself. 8 I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD. 9 But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel. 10 They will bear their punish…
Book of Enoch 99:7–9
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7 And they who worship stones, and grave images of gold and silver and wood 〈and stone〉 and clay, and those who worship impure spirits and demons, and all kinds of idols not according to knowledge, shall get no manner of help from them. (ENO) 8 And they shall become godless by reason of the folly of their hearts, And their eyes shall be blinded through the fear of their hearts And through visions in their dreams. (ENO) 9 Through these they shall become godless and fearful; For they shall have wrought all their work in a lie, And shall have worshipped a stone: Therefore in an instant shall they perish. (ENO)
Psalms 106:28–39
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28 They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods. 29 So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. 30 But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained. 31 It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come. 32 At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them. 33 For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips. 34 They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, 35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. 36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. 37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. 38 They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. 39 They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.