Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
Among you man
Among you a root
Bible References
Among you man
Deuteronomy 11:16
Be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside, worship, and bow down to other gods.
Deuteronomy 13:1
“If a prophet or someone who has dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
Deuteronomy 17:2
“If a man or woman among you in one of your towns that the Lord your God will give you is discovered doing evil in the sight of the Lord your God and violating His covenant
Hebrews 3:12
Watch out, brothers, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that departs from the living God.
Among you a root
Jeremiah 9:15
Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to feed this people wormwood and give them poisonous water to drink.
Hosea 10:4 They speak mere words,
taking false oaths while making covenants.
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
taking false oaths while making covenants.
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
Amos 6:12 Do horses gallop on the cliffs;
does anyone plow there with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
does anyone plow there with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood
Acts 8:23
For I see you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”
Hebrews 12:15
Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.