Deuteronomy 16:22
You are not to put up stone pillars, for they are hated by the Lord your God.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
In Context
21Let no holy tree of any sort be planted by the altar of the Lord your God which you will make.
Cross References
Exodus 20:4You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:
Leviticus 26:1Do not make images of false gods, or put up an image cut in stone or a pillar or any pictured stone in your land, to give worship to it; for I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 4:23Take care that you do not let the agreement of the Lord your God, which he has made with you, go out of your mind, or make for yourselves images of any sort, against the orders which the Lord your God has given you.
Deuteronomy 12:31Do not so to the Lord your God: for everything which is disgusting to the Lord and hated by him they have done in honour of their gods: even burning their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
Jeremiah 44:4And I sent all my servants the prophets to you, getting up early and sending them, saying, Do not do this disgusting thing which is hated by me.
Revelation 2:6But at least you have the credit of hating the works of the Nicolaitans, as I do.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 16:19-22
18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. 20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any… Read the whole commentary →