Deuteronomy 16:22
and don't make for yourselves an idolatrous stone pillar, which the Lord your God hates.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
In Context
21Don't ever set up a wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you build for the Lord your God,
Cross References
Exodus 20:4You must not make for yourself any kind of idol, whether in the form of anything in the heavens above, or on the earth beneath, or in the waters below.
Leviticus 26:1“Don't make yourselves idols anywhere in your land and bow down to worship them, whether they are images or sacred pillars or stone sculptures. For I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 4:23However, be careful not to forget the agreement of the Lord your God that he made with you. Don't make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything, because he has forbidden you to do this.
Deuteronomy 12:31You must not worship the Lord your God like this, because when they worship their gods they do every kind of abominable thing that the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods!
Jeremiah 44:4I sent you all my servants the prophets time and again to warn you: “Don't do these offensive things that I hate.”
Revelation 2:6However, you do have this to your credit: you hate the actions of the Nicolaitans, just 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 →