Deuteronomy 7:5
Deuteronomy · Old Testament · Chapter 7
“But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.”Deuteronomy 7:5
What Does Deuteronomy 7:5 Mean?
Deuteronomy 7:5 is found in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 7, verse 5 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 7:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 12:2“Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:”Exodus 23:24“Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.”Exodus 34:13“But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:”2 Chronicles 14:3“For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:”2 Kings 23:14“And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.”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.”Deuteronomy 7:25“The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.”Deuteronomy 9:21“And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.”Deuteronomy 12:3“And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.”Deuteronomy 16:22“Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.”Judges 6:25“And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:”2 Samuel 5:21“And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.”2 Kings 18:4“He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.”Genesis 35:4“And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.”Exodus 32:20“And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.”Deuteronomy 16:21“Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.”1 Kings 15:13“And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.”2 Kings 10:27“And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.”2 Kings 13:6“Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)”2 Kings 23:6“And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.”
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