bSee 1 Kgs. 14:16
hSee 1 Kgs. 14:16
1 Samuel 2:24
24No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad.2 Kings 3:3
3Nevertheless, he clung to athe sin of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, bwhich he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from it.2 Kings 21:11
11 c“Because Manasseh king of Judah has committed these abominations and has done things dmore evil than all that the Amorites did, who were before him, eand has made Judah also to sin fwith his idols,2 Kings 23:15
15Moreover, the altar at Bethel, the high place erected gby Jeroboam the son of Nebat, hwho made Israel to sin, ithat altar with the high place he pulled down and burned, ▼▼Septuagint broke in pieces its stones
reducing it to dust. He also burned the Asherah. Jeremiah 32:35
35They built the high places of Baal kin the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, lto offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, mthough I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do nthis abomination, oto cause Judah to sin.Romans 14:15
15For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, pyou are no longer walking in love. qBy what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died.1 Corinthians 8:10-13
10For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating ▼▼Greek reclining at table
in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged, ▼▼Or fortified; Greek built up
if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? 11And so by your knowledge this weak person is tdestroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. 12Thus, sinning against your brothers ▼▼Or brothers and sisters
and vwounding their conscience when it is weak, wyou sin against Christ. 13Therefore, xif food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
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