Psalms 78:58

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“They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.”

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BSBPD

“They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 78:58 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 20:4You 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.
  2. Exodus 34:14For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
  3. Leviticus 26:30I 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.
  4. Numbers 33:52you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
  5. Deuteronomy 4:16that 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,
  6. 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—
  7. Deuteronomy 12:2Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
  8. Deuteronomy 12:4You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.
  9. Deuteronomy 27:15‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
  10. Deuteronomy 32:16They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.
  11. Deuteronomy 32:21They 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 make them angry by a nation without understanding.
  12. Judges 2:11And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
  13. Judges 2:17Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.
  14. Judges 2:20So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,
  15. Judges 3:19But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.
  16. Judges 10:6And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
  17. 1 Kings 11:7At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
  18. 1 Kings 11:10Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command.
  19. 1 Kings 12:31Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
  20. 2 Kings 17:9The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
  21. 2 Kings 21:7Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.
  22. 2 Chronicles 21:11Jehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah; he had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.
  23. Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
  24. Psalms 97:7All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

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