Acts 7:42
God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven. It is written in the book of the prophets: O you house of Israel, have you offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
Jeremiah 19:13
The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like Topheth. They burned sacrifices to the heavenly hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods on the rooftops of all of their houses.'
Ezekiel 20:39
The Lord Jehovah says: 'The Lord Jehovah tells all you Israelites to suit yourselves! Go on and serve your idols! But I warn you that after this you will have to obey me and stop dishonoring my holy name by offering gifts to your idols.'
Deuteronomy 4:19
Do not be tempted to bow down and worship the sun or moon or stars (the host or army of the heavens). Jehovah put them there a heritage for all the people under the heavens.
Joshua 24:20
and if you leave him to serve foreign gods, he will turn against you and punish you. He will destroy you, even though he was good to you before.
2 Kings 17:16
They broke all the laws of Jehovah their God. They made two metal bull-calves to worship. They also made an image of the goddess Asherah. Also they worshiped the stars and served the god Baal.
2 Kings 21:3
He built the high places that Hezekiah his father destroyed. He made altars for Baal. Then he made an Asherah as Ahab, king of Israel, had done. Manasseh was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven.
Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled and grieved (offended and hurt) his Holy Spirit. So he turned against them as their enemy. He fought against them.
Amos 5:25-26
Did you bring sacrifices and offerings to me in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?
Deuteronomy 17:3
Some worship and bow down to other gods, the sun, the moon, or the whole army of heaven. I have forbidden this.
Job 31:26-28
if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,
Psalm 81:11-12
My people did not listen to my voice. Israel did not obey me.
Psalm 95:10
For forty years I was grieved with this generation. I said: It is a people who go astray in their hearts, and they have not known my ways.
Isaiah 43:23
You did not bring me sheep for your burnt offerings or honor me with your sacrifices. I did not burden you by requiring grain offerings or trouble you by requiring incense offerings.
Isaiah 66:4
Therefore I will choose harsh treatment for them and bring on them what they fear. I called, but no one answered. I spoke, but they did not listen. They did what I consider evil. They chose what I do not like.
Ezekiel 8:16
So he took me to the inner courtyard of the Temple. There near the entrance of the sanctuary, between the altar and the porch, were about twenty-five men. They turned their backs to the sanctuary and were bowing low toward the east, worshiping the rising sun.
Ezekiel 14:7-10
Suppose an Israelite or a foreigner who lives in Israel deserts me by devoting himself to idols and by allowing himself to sin. If he goes to a prophet to ask for my help, I, Jehovah, will give him an answer.
Ezekiel 20:25
Then I gave them laws that are not good and commandments that do not bring life.
Hosea 4:17
Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone.
Acts 7:36
He brought them out. He showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
Romans 1:24-28
God gave them up to uncleanness because of the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves.
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
He will use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved.
Hebrews 3:9
Your forefathers examined (inspected) (scrutinized) me by proving (testing) me. And they saw my works for forty years.
Hebrews 3:15-17
Scripture says: Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. Do not be stubborn like those who rebelled.