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Deuteronomy 12:31

You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.

Deuteronomy 12:31 BSB

Deuteronomy 12:31 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 32:35 (7 votes) and Deuteronomy 18:9–10 (5 votes). 38 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Exodus 8 to 1 Peter 4.

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Which verses does Deuteronomy 12:31 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.

  2. When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,

  3. They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. …

  4. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

  5. They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.

  6. It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  7. You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.

  8. You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

  9. You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.

  10. You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

  11. Micah 6:72 votes

Which verses point to Deuteronomy 12:31?

The 10 strongest of 38.