Ezekiel 18:6
18:6 does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains
or pray to the idols
of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not have sexual relations with a
woman during her period,
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,
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 24:4
24:4 The one whose deeds are blameless
and whose motives are pure,
who does not lie,
or make promises with no intention of keeping them.
Jeremiah 44:15-19
44:15 Then all the men who were aware that their wives were sacrificing to other gods, as well as all their wives, answered Jeremiah. There was a great crowd of them representing all the people who lived in northern and southern Egypt. They answered,
44:16 “We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us!
44:17 Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.
44:18 But ever since we stopped sacrificing and pouring out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven, we have been in great need. Our people have died in wars or of starvation.”
44:19 The women added, “We did indeed sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven. But it was with the full knowledge and approval of our husbands that we made cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her.”