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Jeremiah 7:9

Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,

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ASV

Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known,

KJV

Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֲגָנֹ֤ב׀ha.ga.No¿ will you stealH1589 →
רָצֹ֙חַ֙ra.Tzo.achwill you murder?H7523 →
וְֽנָאֹ֔ףve.na.'Ofand will you commit adultery?H5003 →
וְהִשָּׁבֵ֥עַve.hi.sha.Ve.a'and will you swear?H7650 →
לַשֶּׁ֖קֶרla.She.kerto <the> falsehoodH8267 →
וְקַטֵּ֣רve.ka.Terand will you make smoke?H6999 →
לַבָּ֑עַלla.Ba.'alto <the> BaalH1168 →
וְהָלֹ֗ךְve.ha.Lokhand will you walk?H1980 →
אַחֲרֵ֛י'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
אֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimgodsH430 →
אֲחֵרִ֖ים'a.che.RimotherH312 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
יְדַעְתֶּֽם׃ye.da'.Temyou have knownH3045 →

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Jeremiah 1:16I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me to burn incense to other gods and to worship the works of their own hands.Exodus 20:3You shall have no other gods before Me.Jeremiah 7:6if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,Ephesians 4:28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.James 4:1–4What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?Jeremiah 11:17The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”Jeremiah 11:13Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’Jeremiah 19:4because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.Hosea 2:13I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.1 Kings 18:21Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.Romans 2:2And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.Galatians 5:19–21The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;Revelation 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.Hosea 11:10They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.Jeremiah 5:2Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”Zechariah 5:3–4Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.1 Corinthians 6:9–10Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,Judges 5:8When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

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