Deuteronomy 32:16
They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.
BSB
ASV
They moved him to jealousy with strange gods; With abominations provoked they him to anger.
KJV
They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
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1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
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They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will…
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It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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1 Kings 14:22And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.
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Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
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They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
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After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
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Deuteronomy 7:25You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it…
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Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink…
There the Philistines abandoned their gods, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire.
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Psalms 78:58They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
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I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
