Deuteronomy 12:8

You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

In Context

7There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.

9For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

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Cross References

Joshua 3:9So Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.”

Judges 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Proverbs 21:2All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.

Acts 7:42But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 12:6-32

Where Sacrifices Must Be Offered; Ceremonial Observances; Cautions Against Idolatrous Rites. ( b. c. 1451.) 5 But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: 7 And there ye… Read the whole commentary →

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