Galatians 5:20

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“idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,”

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BSBPD

“idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Galatians 5:20 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 18:10Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
  2. 1 Samuel 15:23For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
  3. 1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
  4. 2 Chronicles 33:6He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
  5. Ezekiel 22:18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.
  6. Acts 8:9Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,
  7. Acts 16:16One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.
  8. 1 Corinthians 11:19And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.
  9. 2 Corinthians 11:19For you gladly tolerate fools, since you are so wise.
  10. Titus 3:10Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,
  11. 2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
  12. Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

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