Deuteronomy 13:6-10

Warning Against Idolatry

⁶ _x "If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or _y the wife you embrace ₁ or your friend _z who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods,' _a which neither you nor your fathers have known, ⁷ some _b of the gods of the peoples who are around you, whether near you or far off from you, from the one end of the earth to the other, ⁸ you shall _c not yield to him or listen to him, nor _d shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him, nor shall you conceal him. ⁹ But you shall kill him. _e Your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. ¹⁰ _f You shall stone him to death with stones, because he sought to draw you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

1. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 17:2
   If there is found among you, within any of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, a man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, in transgressing his covenant.
   
2. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 28:54
   The man who is the most tender and refined among you will begrudge food to his brother, to the wife he embraces, and to the last of the children whom he has left.
   Deuteronomy 28:56
   The most tender and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because she is so delicate and tender, will begrudge to the husband she embraces, to her son and to her daughter.
   Micah 7:5
   Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Samuel 18:1
   As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
   1 Samuel 18:3
   Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
   1 Samuel 20:17
   And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
   
4. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 28:64
   And the Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
   
5. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 6:14
   You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around you -
   
6. Cross References
   Proverbs 1:10
   My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
   
7. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 7:16
   And you shall consume all the peoples that the Lord your God will give over to you. Your eye shall not pity them, neither shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.
   
8. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 17:7
   The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
   
9. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 17:5
   Then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you shall stone that man or woman to death with stones.
   Joshua 7:25
   And Joshua said, "Why did you bring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today." And all Israel stoned him with stones. They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.