Deuteronomy 4:28

Deuteronomy · Old Testament · Chapter 4

“And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.”Deuteronomy 4:28

What Does Deuteronomy 4:28 Mean?

Deuteronomy 4:28 is found in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 4, verse 28 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 4:28 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Psalms 115:4“Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.”Deuteronomy 28:64“And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.”Jeremiah 16:13“Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.”Deuteronomy 30:2“And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;”Isaiah 46:7“They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.”Deuteronomy 28:36“The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.”Psalms 135:15“The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.”1 Samuel 26:19“Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.”Isaiah 44:9“They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.”Ezekiel 20:39“As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.”Acts 19:26“Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:”Isaiah 26:14“They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.”Isaiah 45:20“Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.”Ezekiel 20:32“And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.”Hosea 8:11“Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.”2 Kings 17:40“Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.”2 Chronicles 32:19“And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.”Isaiah 2:8“Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:”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.”Jeremiah 10:3“For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.”

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