Numbers 25:2
25:2 These women invited
the people to the sacrifices of their gods; then the people ate and bowed down to their gods.
Jude 1:23-25
1:23 save
others by snatching them out of the fire; have mercy
on others, coupled with a fear of God,
hating even the clothes stained
by the flesh.
Final Blessing
1:24 Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,
1:25 to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
Amos 2:8
2:8 They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral;
they do so right beside every altar!
They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied;
they do so right in the temple of their God!
Amos 8:10
8:10 I will turn your festivals into funerals,
and all your songs into funeral dirges.
I will make everyone wear funeral clothes
and cause every head to be shaved bald.
I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son;
when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.
Acts 7:41-42
7:41 At
that time
they made an idol in the form of a calf,
brought
a sacrifice to the idol, and began rejoicing
in the works of their hands.
7:42 But God turned away from them and gave them over
to worship the host
of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘
It was not to me that you offered slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, was it, house of Israel?
Acts 7:1
Stephen’s Defense Before the Council
7:1 Then the high priest said, “Are these things true?”
Colossians 1:7
1:7 You learned the gospel
from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave
– a
faithful minister of Christ on our
behalf –
Revelation 11:10
11:10 And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.