Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
In the manners
General references
Bible References
In the manners
Leviticus 18:3
You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, and you shall not do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes (practices, customs).
Deuteronomy 12:30
beware that you are not lured (ensnared) into following them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods, so that I too may do likewise?’
Jeremiah 10:1
Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.
Therefore
Leviticus 18:27
(for all these repulsive acts have been done by the men who lived in the land before you, and the land has become defiled);
Deuteronomy 9:5
It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out before you, and to confirm the oath which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Psalm 78:59
When God heard this, He was filled with [righteous] wrath;
And utterly rejected Israel, [greatly hating her ways],
When God heard this, He was filled with [righteous] wrath;
And utterly rejected Israel, [greatly hating her ways],
Zechariah 11:8
Then I eliminated the three [incompetent, unfit] shepherds [the civil rulers, the priests, and the prophets] in one month, for I was impatient with them, and they also were tired of me and despised me.
General references
Numbers 33:56
And as I [the Lord] planned to do to them, so I will do to you.’”
Deuteronomy 12:4
You shall not act like this toward the Lord your God.