Deuteronomy 18:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.”
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“For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`For the abomination of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> every one doing these, and because of these abominations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from thy presence.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 18:12 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 18:24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
- Leviticus 18:27For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.
- Deuteronomy 9:4When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.
- Deuteronomy 9:5It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 22:5A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
- 2 Kings 23:24Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
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