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Deuteronomy 31:16-20

16 And the Lord said to Moses: “You are going to rest with your fathers, and these people will soon prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them.

17 On that day I will become angry with them and forsake them; I will hide my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters and difficulties will come upon them, and on that day they will ask, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is not with us?’

18 And I will certainly hide my face on that day because of all their wickedness in turning to other gods.

19 “Now write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites and have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against them.

20 When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their forefathers, and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods and worship them, rejecting me and breaking my covenant.

Cross References for Deuteronomy 31:16-20

2 Samuel 7:12 - When your days are over and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succe... Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 7:12 Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 7:12

Judges 2:10 - After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who... Click to read the verse Judges 2:10 Click to read the verse Judges 2:10

Acts 13:36 - “For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried w... Click to read the verse Acts 13:36 Click to read the verse Acts 13:36

Romans 9:4 - the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, t... Click to read the verse Romans 9:4 Click to read the verse Romans 9:4

Jeremiah 31:32 - It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to ... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 31:32 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 31:32

Jeremiah 11:10 - They have returned to the sins of their forefathers, who refused to listen to my words. They ha... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 11:10 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 11:10

Genesis 25:8 - Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he... Click to read the verse Genesis 25:8 Click to read the verse Genesis 25:8

Ezekiel 16:15 - “‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your f... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:15 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:15

1 Kings 1:21 - Otherwise, as soon as my lord the king is laid to rest with his fathers, I and my son Solomon w... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 1:21 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 1:21

Revelation 19:2 - for true and just are his judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the ea... Click to read the verse Revelation 19:2 Click to read the verse Revelation 19:2

Psalms 78:10 - they did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his law. Click to read the verse Psalms 78:10 Click to read the verse Psalms 78:10

Exodus 34:15 - “Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute them... Click to read the verse Exodus 34:15 Click to read the verse Exodus 34:15

Leviticus 17:7 - They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to the goat idols to whom they prostitute the... Click to read the verse Leviticus 17:7 Click to read the verse Leviticus 17:7

Exodus 32:6 - So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship o... Click to read the verse Exodus 32:6 Click to read the verse Exodus 32:6

John 11:11 - After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I a... Click to read the verse John 11:11 Click to read the verse John 11:11

Psalms 73:27 - Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you. Click to read the verse Psalms 73:27 Click to read the verse Psalms 73:27

Hosea 4:12 - of my people. They consult a wooden idol and are answered by a stick of wood. A spirit of prost... Click to read the verse Hosea 4:12 Click to read the verse Hosea 4:12

Ezekiel 44:7 - In addition to all your other detestable practices, you brought foreigners uncircumcised in hea... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 44:7 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 44:7

Leviticus 20:3-6 - I will set my face against that man and I will cut him off from his people; for by giving his c... Click to read the verse Leviticus 20:3-6 Click to read the verse Leviticus 20:3-6

Psalms 106:39 - They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves. Click to read the verse Psalms 106:39 Click to read the verse Psalms 106:39

Leviticus 26:15 - and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so vio... Click to read the verse Leviticus 26:15 Click to read the verse Leviticus 26:15

Isaiah 1:4 - Ah, sinful nation, a people loaded with guilt, a brood of evildoers, children given to corrupti... Click to read the verse Isaiah 1:4 Click to read the verse Isaiah 1:4

Deuteronomy 32:15 - Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; filled with food, he became heavy and sleek. He abandoned the God... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 32:15 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 32:15

Judges 2:12 - They forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They follow... Click to read the verse Judges 2:12 Click to read the verse Judges 2:12

Judges 10:6 - Jephthah Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord. They served the Baals and the A... Click to read the verse Judges 10:6 Click to read the verse Judges 10:6

Jeremiah 2:11-13 - Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchange... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 2:11-13 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 2:11-13

Job 20:11 - The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie with him in the dust. Click to read the verse Job 20:11 Click to read the verse Job 20:11

Revelation 17:2-5 - With her the kings of the earth committed adultery and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxi... Click to read the verse Revelation 17:2-5 Click to read the verse Revelation 17:2-5

Isaiah 57:2-8 - Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death. Click to read the verse Isaiah 57:2-8 Click to read the verse Isaiah 57:2-8

Judges 10:13 - But you have forsaken me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you. Click to read the verse Judges 10:13 Click to read the verse Judges 10:13

Hosea 2:2-5 - Israel Punished and Restored “Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not my wife, and I am ... Click to read the verse Hosea 2:2-5 Click to read the verse Hosea 2:2-5

Ezekiel 16:25-36 - At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, offering you... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:25-36 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:25-36

Jeremiah 3:1-3 - “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 3:1-3 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 3:1-3

Judges 2:17-20 - Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to other gods and worshipe... Click to read the verse Judges 2:17-20 Click to read the verse Judges 2:17-20

Ezekiel 23:5-21 - “Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was still mine; and she lusted after her lovers, the ... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 23:5-21 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 23:5-21

Judges 18:30 - There the Danites set up for themselves the idols, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Mose... Click to read the verse Judges 18:30 Click to read the verse Judges 18:30

1 Chronicles 17:11 - When your days are over and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to s... Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 17:11 Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 17:11

2 Kings 22:20 - Therefore I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will no... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 22:20 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 22:20

1 Kings 11:43 - Then he rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam hi... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 11:43 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 11:43

2 Chronicles 21:13 - But you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and you have led Judah and the people o... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 21:13 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 21:13

1 Kings 22:40 - Ahab rested with his fathers. And Ahaziah his son succeeded him as king. Click to read the verse 1 Kings 22:40 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 22:40

Hosea 1:2 - Hosea’s Wife and Children When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go... Click to read the verse Hosea 1:2 Click to read the verse Hosea 1:2

Jeremiah 1:16 - I will pronounce my judgments on my people because of their wickedness in forsaking me, in burn... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 1:16 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 1:16