Deuteronomy 13 (NET)

Deuteronomy 13:1¹Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 23:25-281 John 4:1Jer 29:81 Kgs 13:18Isa 9:15Jer 27:92 Thess 2:9Luke 6:26Mark 13:22Ezek 13:2-3

Deuteronomy 13:2²and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely, “Let us follow other gods”—gods whom you have not previously known—“and let us serve them.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 11:13-152 Thess 2:9-11Deut 13:6Deut 18:22Jer 28:9Matt 24:24Matt 7:22-23Rev 13:13-141 Kgs 13:3Deut 13:13

Deuteronomy 13:3³You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the Lord your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 8:21 Cor 11:19Ps 66:101 John 4:1Deut 6:52 Thess 2:11Isa 8:20Matt 24:24Rev 13:141 John 2:19

Deuteronomy 13:4⁴You must follow the Lord your God and revere only him; and you must observe his commandments, obey him, serve him, and remain loyal to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 1:10Deut 10:201 Cor 6:17Jer 7:232 Chr 34:312 Kgs 23:3Deut 30:20Mic 6:81 Thess 4:1-2Deut 6:13

Deuteronomy 13:5⁵As for that prophet or dreamer, he must be executed because he encouraged rebellion against the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, redeeming you from that place of slavery, and because he has tried to entice you from the way the Lord your God has commanded you to go. In this way you must purge evil from among you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 5:13Deut 18:20Deut 13:10Deut 17:7Deut 19:19Deut 22:21Deut 24:7Jer 14:151 Kgs 18:402 Tim 4:4-5

Deuteronomy 13:6⁶Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 17:2-71 John 2:26-272 Pet 2:1Eph 4:14Mic 7:5-7Prov 18:241 Kgs 11:5-71 Sam 18:11 Sam 18:31 Sam 20:17

Deuteronomy 13:7⁷the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other).Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Deuteronomy 13:8⁸You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 19:13Prov 1:10Deut 7:16Ezek 9:5-61 John 5:21Exod 20:3Ezek 5:11Gal 1:8-9

Deuteronomy 13:9⁹Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 7:58Deut 17:2-7John 8:7Luke 14:26Matt 10:37

Deuteronomy 13:10¹⁰You must stone him to death because he tried to entice you away from the Lord your God, who delivered you from the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 7:252 Chr 24:21Deut 21:21Exod 20:2Lev 20:2Lev 20:27Lev 24:14-16Lev 24:23Num 15:35-36

Deuteronomy 13:11¹¹Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 19:20Deut 17:131 Tim 5:20Prov 19:25Prov 21:11

Deuteronomy 13:12¹²Suppose you should hear in one of your cities, which the Lord your God is giving you as a place to live, thatCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 22:11-34Judg 20:1-17

Deuteronomy 13:13¹³some evil people have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods” (whom you have not known before).Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 2:192 Cor 6:15Deut 13:2Deut 13:61 Kgs 21:101 Kgs 21:131 Sam 2:121 Sam 25:172 Sam 16:72 Sam 20:1

Deuteronomy 13:14¹⁴You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 17:41 Tim 5:19Isa 11:3-4John 7:24Deut 10:18Num 35:30

Deuteronomy 13:15¹⁵you must by all means slaughter the inhabitants of that city with the sword; annihilate with the sword everyone in it, as well as the livestock.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 7:2Exod 22:20Lev 27:28Deut 2:34Deut 7:16Exod 23:24Josh 6:17-21Josh 6:24Judg 20:48Rev 17:16

Deuteronomy 13:16¹⁶You must gather all of its plunder into the middle of the plaza and burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. It will be an abandoned ruin forever—it must never be rebuilt again.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 49:2Josh 8:28Isa 17:1Isa 25:2Josh 6:24Josh 6:26Mic 1:6Num 21:2-3

Deuteronomy 13:17¹⁷You must not take for yourself anything that has been placed under judgment. Then the Lord will relent from his intense anger, show you compassion, have mercy on you, and multiply you as he promised your ancestors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 7:26Gen 26:24Gen 26:4Josh 7:26Deut 30:3Gen 28:14Josh 6:181 Cor 16:22Deut 7:13Exod 20:6

Deuteronomy 13:18¹⁸Thus you must obey the Lord your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 12:28Deut 12:25Matt 7:21Matt 7:24Deut 12:32Matt 6:33Ps 119:6