Deuteronomy 9:12

Deuteronomy · Old Testament · Chapter 9

“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 9:12

What Does Deuteronomy 9:12 Mean?

Deuteronomy 9:12 is found in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 9, verse 12 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Key themes in this passage include Idolatry.

Cross-References (18)

These passages are connected to Deuteronomy 9:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

1 Corinthians 10:7“Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”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:”Judges 2:17“And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.”Deuteronomy 31:29“For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.”Hosea 6:4“O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.”Galatians 1:6“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:”Genesis 6:11“The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.”Deuteronomy 4:16“Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,”Deuteronomy 9:16“And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.”Deuteronomy 32:5“They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.”Nehemiah 9:18“Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;”Psalms 78:17“And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.”Psalms 78:57“But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.”Psalms 106:19“They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.”Ezekiel 3:11“And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.”Ezekiel 20:13“But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.”Acts 7:41“And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.”Jude 1:10“But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.”

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