Deuteronomy 4:25-31

Idolatry Forbidden

²⁵ "When you father children and children's children, and have grown old in the land, _l if you act corruptly by making a carved image in the form of anything, and _m by doing what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, so as to provoke him to anger, ²⁶ I _n call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed. ²⁷ And the Lord _o will scatter you among the peoples, _p and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you. ²⁸ And _q there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, _r that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. ²⁹ _s But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. ³⁰ When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you _t in the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice. ³¹ For the Lord your God is _u a merciful God. _v He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.

1. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 4:16
   Beware lest you act corruptly by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female.
   
2. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 9:18
   Then I lay prostrate before the Lord as before, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin that you had committed, in doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to anger.
   2 Kings 17:17
   And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings and used divination and omens and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
   
3. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 30:18 - 19
   I declare to you today, that you shall surely p...
   Deuteronomy 31:28
   Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes an...
   Deuteronomy 32:1
   Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let ...
   Isaiah 1:2
   Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the...
   Jeremiah 2:12
   Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be...
   Jeremiah 6:19
   Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster u...
   Micah 6:2
   Hear, you mountains, the indictment of the Lord...
   
4. Cross References
   Leviticus 26:33
   And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
   
5. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 28:62
   Whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, you shall be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God.
   
6. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 28:36
   The Lord will bring you and your king whom you set over you to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known. And there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone.
   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.
   Jeremiah 16:13
   Therefore I will hurl you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.
   
7. Cross References
   Psalms 115:4 - 7
   Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
   Psalms 135:15 - 17
   The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
   Isaiah 44:9
   All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.
   Isaiah 46:7
   They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it, they set it in its place, and it stands there; it cannot move from its place. If one cries to it, it does not answer or save him from his trouble.
   
8. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 30:2 - 3
   And return to the Lord your God, you and your c...
   Leviticus 26:40 - 42
   But if they confess their iniquity and the iniq...
   2 Chronicles 15:4
   But when in their distress they turned to the L...
   Nehemiah 1:9
   But if you return to me and keep my commandment...
   Isaiah 55:6 - 7
   Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon ...
   Jeremiah 29:13 - 14
   You will seek me and find me, when you seek me ...
   
9. Cross References
   Genesis 49:1
   Then Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.
   
10. Cross References
    Exodus 34:6
    The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
    2 Chronicles 30:9
    For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and your children will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.
    Nehemiah 9:31
    Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
    Jonah 4:2
    And he prayed to the Lord and said, "O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster.
    
11. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 31:6
    Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.
    Deuteronomy 31:8
    It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
    Joshua 1:5
    No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
    1 Chronicles 28:20
    Then David said to Solomon his son, "Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.