TSK · Exodus 20:5

The LORD passed by before him and proclaimed:“The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,

For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Exhortation to Obedience“‘You must not make for yourselves idols, so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before it, for I am the LORD your God.

Restoration through Confession and Repentance“‘As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors’ iniquities which are with them.

and your children will wander in the wilderness forty years and suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your dead bodies lie finished in the wilderness.

For the LORD your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.

for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.

They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them.

or associate with these nations that remain near you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! You must not worship or bow down to them!

Joshua warned the people,“You will not keep worshiping the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God who will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.

Here is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said:‘I carefully observed how the Amalekites opposed Israel along the way when Israel came up from Egypt.

let seven of his male descendants be turned over to us, and we will execute them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, who was the LORD’s chosen one.” The king replied,“I will turn them over.”

May the LORD forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to worship, and he leans on my arm and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant for this.”

The LORD made a covenant with them and instructed them,“You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them.

Yet the LORD’s great anger against Judah did not subside; he was still infuriated by all the things Manasseh had done.

When Amaziah returned from defeating the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir and made them his personal gods. He bowed down before them and offered them sacrifices.

You may say,‘God stores up a man’s punishment for his children!’ Instead let him repay the man himself so that he may be humbled!

Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble!

May his ancestors’ sins be remembered by the LORD! May his mother’s sin not be forgotten!

But the one who misses me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death."

A man uses it to make a fire; he takes some of it and warms himself. Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve,

You show unfailing love to thousands. But you also punish children for the sins of their parents. You are the great and powerful God whose is name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

“What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel,“‘The fathers eat sour grapes And the children’s teeth become numb?’

But if he does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we don’t serve your gods, and we will not pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected.”

And he said to him,“I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me.”

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.

The one who hates me hates my Father too.

because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.

Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.