Deuteronomy 32:16

Deuteronomy · Old Testament · Chapter 32

“They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.”Deuteronomy 32:16

What Does Deuteronomy 32:16 Mean?

Deuteronomy 32:16 is found in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 32, verse 16 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.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Deuteronomy 32:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

1 Corinthians 10:20“But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.”Deuteronomy 32:21“They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.”Ezekiel 8:3“And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.”1 Corinthians 10:22“Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?”Exodus 34:14“For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:”Numbers 25:11“Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.”Jeremiah 2:25“Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.”Genesis 35:2“Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:”Deuteronomy 4:24“For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.”Judges 5:8“They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?”Psalms 78:58“For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.”Isaiah 65:3“A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;”Deuteronomy 7:4“For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.”Judges 10:7“And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.”1 Kings 14:22“And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.”Psalms 106:29“Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.”Jeremiah 44:8“In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?”Joel 2:18“Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.”Leviticus 18:27“(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)”Deuteronomy 5:9“Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,”

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