Deuteronomy 29:18
Deuteronomy · Old Testament · Chapter 29
“Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;”Deuteronomy 29:18
What Does Deuteronomy 29:18 Mean?
Deuteronomy 29:18 is found in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 29, verse 18 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Idolatry, Repentance, Sin, Temptation, and Doubt.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Deuteronomy 29:18 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Joshua 24:15“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”Hebrews 12:15“Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;”Deuteronomy 11:16“Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;”Proverbs 14:34“Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.”Deuteronomy 32:32“For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:”Revelation 8:11“And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.”Deuteronomy 13:1“If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,”Jeremiah 9:15“Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.”Acts 8:23“For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.”Deuteronomy 30:1“And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,”2 Chronicles 15:13“That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.”Hosea 10:4“They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.”Amos 6:12“Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:”Hebrews 3:12“Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.”Deuteronomy 13:6“If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;”Deuteronomy 17:2“If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,”Judges 2:12“And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.”Jeremiah 8:14“Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.”Jeremiah 28:8“The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.”Lamentations 2:17“The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.”
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