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Ex. 20:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou shalt not bowi down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealousk God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children untom the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

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Ex. 23:24• ²⁴{i}Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their deeds; but thou shalt utterly destroy them, and utterly shatter their statues.{/i} (Ex. 23:24)

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Josh. 23:7• ⁷{i}that ye enter not among these nations, these that remain among you; and ye shall make no mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them , neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them;{/i} (Josh. 23:7)

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Isa. 44:15,19• ¹⁵And it shall be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; he kindleth [it] also, and baketh bread; he maketh also a god, and worshippeth [it]; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
¹⁹And none taketh it to his heart, neither [is there] knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and also have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and with the residue thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood? (Isa. 44:15,19)

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Josh. 24:19• ¹⁹{i}And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah, for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.{/i} (Josh. 24:19)

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Nah. 1:2• ²A God jealous and avenging is Jehovah; Jehovah revengeth, and is furious; Jehovah will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. (Nah. 1:2)

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Ex. 34:7• ⁷{i}keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.{/i} (Ex. 34:7)

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Num. 14:18• ¹⁸Jehovah is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. (Num. 14:18)

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Job 21:19• ¹⁹God layeth up his iniquity for his children,{HR}He repayeth him, and he knoweth [it]. (Job 21:19)

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Jer. 2:9• ⁹{i}Therefore will I yet plead with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I plead.{/i} (Jer. 2:9)

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Jer. 32:18• ¹⁸thou showest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, Jehovah of hosts, is his name, (Jer. 32:18)

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bow down.

Ex. 23:24• ²⁴{i}Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their deeds; but thou shalt utterly destroy them, and utterly shatter their statues.{/i} (Ex. 23:24)

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Lev. 26:1• ¹Ye shall make yourselves no idols, nor rear yourselves carved image or statue, nor shall ye set up a figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it; for I [am] Jehovah your God. (Lev. 26:1)

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Josh. 23:7,16• ⁷{i}that ye enter not among these nations, these that remain among you; and ye shall make no mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them , neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them;{/i}
¹⁶{i}when ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow yourselves unto them, so that the anger of Jehovah shall be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.{/i} (Josh. 23:7,16)

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Judg. 2:19• ¹⁹and it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods {i}to serve them, and to bow down to them: they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.{/i} (Judg. 2:19)

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2 Kings 17:35,41• ³⁵{i}And Jehovah had made a covenant with them, and charged them saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;{/i}
⁴¹{i}And these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images, both their children and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they, unto this day.{/i} (2 Kings 17:35,41)

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2 Chron. 25:14• ¹⁴{i}And it came to pass after Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed himself down before them, and burned incense to them.{/i} (2 Chron. 25:14)

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Isa. 44:15,19• ¹⁵And it shall be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; he kindleth [it] also, and baketh bread; he maketh also a god, and worshippeth [it]; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
¹⁹And none taketh it to his heart, neither [is there] knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and also have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and with the residue thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood? (Isa. 44:15,19)

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Matt. 4:9• ⁹{i}and says to him, All these things will I give thee if, falling down, thou wilt do me homage.{/i} (Matt. 4:9)

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Ex. 34:14• ¹⁴{i}For thou shalt worship no other God; for Jehovah—Jealous is his name—is a jealous God;{/i} (Ex. 34:14)

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Deut. 4:24• ²⁴{i}For Jehovah thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.{/i} (Deut. 4:24)

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Deut. 6:15• ¹⁵{i}for Jehovah thy God is a jealous God in thy midst; lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from the face of the earth.{/i} (Deut. 6:15)

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Deut. 32:21• ²¹{i}They have moved me to jealousy with that which is no God;{HR}They have exasperated me with their vanities;{HR}And I will move them to jealousy with that which is not a people;{HR}With a foolish nation will I provoke them to anger.{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:21)

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Josh. 24:19• ¹⁹{i}And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah, for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.{/i} (Josh. 24:19)

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Psa. 78:58• ⁵⁸And they provoked him to anger with their high places,{HR}And moved him to jealousy with their graven images. (Psa. 78:58)

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Prov. 6:34‑35• ³⁴For jealousy [is] the rage of a man,{HR}And he will not spare in the day of vengeance;
³⁵He will not regard any ransom,{HR}Neither will he rest content though thou multipliest gifts. (Prov. 6:34‑35)

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Ezek. 8:3• ³And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. (Ezek. 8:3)

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Dan. 1:2• ²And the Lord gave Jehoiakim, king of Judah, into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar, to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god. (Dan. 1:2)

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Nah. 1:2• ²A God jealous and avenging is Jehovah; Jehovah revengeth, and is furious; Jehovah will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. (Nah. 1:2)

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1 Cor. 10:22• ²²What! do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? (1 Cor. 10:22)

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Ex. 34:7• ⁷{i}keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.{/i} (Ex. 34:7)

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Lev. 20:5• ⁵then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. (Lev. 20:5)

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Lev. 26:29,39‑40• ²⁹And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
³⁹And they that remain of you shall waste away through their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also through the iniquities of their fathers shall they waste away with them.
⁴⁰And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, through their unfaithfullness wherein they were unfaithful to me, and also that they have walked contrary to me, (Lev. 26:29,39‑40)

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Num. 14:18,33• ¹⁸Jehovah is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
³³{i}And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness.{/i} (Num. 14:18,33)

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1 Sam. 15:2‑3• ²Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, {i}how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up from Egypt{/i}.
³Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. (1 Sam. 15:2‑3)

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2 Sam. 21:1,6• ¹{i}And there was a{/i} famine in the days of David three years, year after year; {i}and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said,{/i} It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
⁶let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, whom Jehovah did choose. And the king said, I will give them. (2 Sam. 21:1,6)

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1 Kings 21:29• ²⁹{i}Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.{/i} (1 Kings 21:29)

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2 Kings 23:26• ²⁶{i}But Jehovah turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him.{/i} (2 Kings 23:26)

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Job 5:4• ⁴His sons are far from help,{HR}And are crushed in the gate without deliverance; (Job 5:4)

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Job 21:19• ¹⁹God layeth up his iniquity for his children,{HR}He repayeth him, and he knoweth [it]. (Job 21:19)

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Psa. 79:8• ⁸Remember not against (for) us iniquities of forefathers;{HR}Let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us,{HR}For we are brought very low. (Psa. 79:8)

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Psa. 109:14• ¹⁴Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with (to) Jehovah,{HR}And his mother's sin not be blotted out. (Psa. 109:14)

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Isa. 14:20‑21• ²⁰Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people: the seed of evil-doers shall not be named forever.
²¹Prepare ye slaughter for his children because of the iniquity of their fathers; that they rise not up and possess the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities. (Isa. 14:20‑21)

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Isa. 65:6‑7• ⁶Behold, [it is] written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
⁷your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, who have burned incense upon the mountains, and outraged me upon the hills: I will measure their former work into their bosom. (Isa. 65:6‑7)

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Jer. 2:9• ⁹{i}Therefore will I yet plead with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I plead.{/i} (Jer. 2:9)

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Jer. 32:18• ¹⁸thou showest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, Jehovah of hosts, is his name, (Jer. 32:18)

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Matt. 23:34‑36• ³⁴{i}Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and [some] of them ye will kill and crucify, and [some] of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city;{/i}
³⁵{i}so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should come upon you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.{/i}
³⁶{i}Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.{/i} (Matt. 23:34‑36)

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Deut. 7:10• ¹⁰{i}and repayeth them that hate him each to his face, to cause them to perish: he delayeth not with him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.{/i} (Deut. 7:10)

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Deut. 32:41• ⁴¹If I whet my glittering sword,{HR}And mine hand take hold on judgment;{HR}I will render vengeance to mine enemies,{HR}And will reward them that hate me. (Deut. 32:41)

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Psa. 81:15• ¹⁵The haters of Jehovah should have submitted to him;{HR}But their time would have been forever. (Psa. 81:15)

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Prov. 8:36• ³⁶But he that sinneth against me{HR}Doeth violence to his own soul:{HR}All that hate me love death. (Prov. 8:36)

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John 7:7• ⁷The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil. (John 7:7)

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John 15:18,23‑24• ¹⁸If the world hateth you, know that me it hath hated before you.
²³He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
²⁴If I did not among them the works which no other did, they had not had sin; but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. (John 15:18,23‑24)

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Rom. 1:30• ³⁰slanderers, God-hated, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, (Rom. 1:30)

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Rom. 8:7• ⁷because the mind of the flesh [is] enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, for indeed it cannot; (Rom. 8:7)

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James 4:4• ⁴Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore shall be minded to be friend of the world is constituted enemy of God. (James 4:4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous *God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth generation of them that hate me,

W. Kelly Translation

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thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth generation of them that hate me,

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)