Deuteronomy 4:23

Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord our God, which he made with you, and ye transgress, and make to yourselves a graven image of any of the things concerning which the Lord thy God commanded thee.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.

In Context

22For + 4:22 Gr. I die.I am to die in this land, and shall not pass over this Jordan; but ye are to pass over, and shall inherit this good land.

24For + 4:24 Heb. 12. 29. the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:9Take heed to thyself, and keep thy + 4:9 Gr. soul.heart diligently: forget not any of the things, which thine eyes have seen, and let them not depart from thine heart all the days of thy life; and thou shalt teach thy sons and thy sons' sons,

Deuteronomy 5:2The Lord your God made a covenant with you in Choreb.

Deuteronomy 16:22Thou shalt not set up for thyself a pillar, which the Lord thy God hates.

Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed is the man whosoever shall make a graven or molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of craftsmen, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say, So be it.

Deuteronomy 31:20For I will bring them into the good land, which I sware to their fathers, to give to them a land flowing with milk and honey: and they shall eat and be filled and satisfy themselves; then will they turn aside after other gods, and serve them, and they will provoke me, and break my covenant.

Joshua 23:16when ye transgress the covenant of the Lord our God, which he has charged us, and go and serve other gods, and bow down to them.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 4:2-41

Exhortations and Arguments. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed… Read the whole commentary →

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