Ezekiel 18:12
18:12 oppresses the poor and the needy,
commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to
idols, performs abominable acts,
Ezekiel 18:15
18:15 He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife,
Ezekiel 20:7
20:7 I said to them, “Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you,
and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the
Lord your God.”
Ezekiel 20:24
20:24 I did this
because they did not observe my regulations, they rejected my statutes, they desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on
their fathers’ idols.
Ezekiel 33:25-26
33:25 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign
Lord says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it,
pray to
your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess
the land?
33:26 You rely
on your swords and commit abominable deeds; each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Will you possess the land?’
Deuteronomy 4:19
4:19 When you look up
to the sky
and see the sun, moon, and stars – the whole heavenly creation
– you must not be seduced to worship and serve them,
for the
Lord your God has assigned
them to all the people
of the world.
Psalms 121:1
Psalm 121
A song of ascents.
121:1 I look up toward the hills.
From where does my help come?
Psalms 123:1-2
Psalm 123
A song of ascents.
123:1 I look up toward you,
the one enthroned in heaven.
123:2 Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress,
so my eyes will look to the Lord, our God, until he shows us favor.