Deuteronomy 4:16
Deuteronomy · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,”Deuteronomy 4:16
What Does Deuteronomy 4:16 Mean?
Deuteronomy 4:16 is found in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 4, 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.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Deuteronomy 4:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Acts 17:29“Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.”Deuteronomy 4:25“When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:”Exodus 20:4“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:”Deuteronomy 4:23“Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.”Deuteronomy 5:8“Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:”Deuteronomy 27:15“Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.”Romans 1:22“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,”Exodus 32:7“And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:”Leviticus 26:1“Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.”Isaiah 44:13“The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.”Acts 7:43“Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.”Deuteronomy 4:8“And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?”Deuteronomy 9:12“And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.”Deuteronomy 32:5“They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.”Psalms 78:58“For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.”Psalms 106:19“They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.”Isaiah 40:18“To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?”Zephaniah 3:7“I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.”John 4:24“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”Acts 20:4“And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.”
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