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Deuteronomy 4:16

that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,

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ASV

lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

KJV

Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
פֶּ֨ן־Pen-lestH6435 →
תַּשְׁחִת֔וּןtash.chi.Tunyou should act corruptly !H7843 →
וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֥םva.'a.si.Temand you will makeH6213 →
לָכֶ֛םla.Khemfor yourselves
פֶּ֖סֶלPe.selan image ofH6459 →
תְּמוּנַ֣תte.mu.Nata form ofH8544 →
כָּל־kol-anyH3605 →
סָ֑מֶלSa.melfigureH5566 →
תַּבְנִ֥יתtav.Nita likeness ofH8403 →
זָכָ֖רza.Khara maleH2145 →
א֥וֹ'oorH176 →
נְקֵבָֽה׃ne.ke.Vaha femaleH5347 →

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Acts 17:29Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.Romans 1:22–24Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,Deuteronomy 4:23Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.Deuteronomy 5:8You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.Exodus 20:4–5You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.Exodus 32:7Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.Acts 20:4–5Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.Deuteronomy 4:8–9And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?Psalms 106:19–20At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.Deuteronomy 4:25After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—Isaiah 40:18To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?John 4:24God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”Deuteronomy 32:5His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.Deuteronomy 9:12And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”Zephaniah 3:7I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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