Deuteronomy 11:16

Exhortation to Instruction and Obedience

11:16 Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods! ¹ 

Deuteronomy 13:6

False Prophets in the Family

13:6 Suppose your own full brother, ²  your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods ³  that neither you nor your ancestors ⁴  have previously known, ⁵ 

Isaiah 44:20

44:20 He feeds on ashes; ⁶ 

his deceived mind misleads him.

He cannot rescue himself,

nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’ ⁷ 

Romans 1:21

1:21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts ⁸  were darkened.

Romans 1:28

1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ⁹  God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done. ¹⁰ 

[11:16]  ¹ tn Heb “Watch yourselves lest your heart turns and you turn aside and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[13:6]  ² tn Heb “your brother, the son of your mother.” In a polygamous society it was not rare to have half brothers and sisters by way of a common father and different mothers.

[13:6]  ³ tn In the Hebrew text these words are in the form of a brief quotation: “entice you secretly saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods.’”

[13:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 17).

[13:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “which you have not known, you or your fathers.” (cf. KJV, ASV; on “fathers” cf. v. 18).

[44:20]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps, “he eats on an ash heap.”

[44:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “Is it not a lie in my right hand?”

[1:21]  ⁸ tn Grk “heart.”

[1:28]  ⁹ tn Grk “and just as they did not approve to have God in knowledge.”

[1:28]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “the things that are improper.”