1 Kings 14:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.”
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“There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Jehovah drove out before the children of Israel.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and also a whoremonger hath been in the land; they have done according to all the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 14:24 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 19:5They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
- Leviticus 18:26But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.
- Leviticus 18:30You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
- Deuteronomy 23:17No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
- Deuteronomy 23:18You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.
- Judges 19:22While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
- 1 Kings 15:12He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
- 1 Kings 22:46He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.
- 2 Kings 23:7He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
- Romans 1:24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9Do 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,
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