Psalms 16:4

Those who chase after other gods multiply their own sorrows, and David refuses any part in idolatry. It matters because idolatry brings grief while faithfulness to the true God brings life.

Cross-references · 15

• Exod 23:13“Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don’t invoke the name of other gods or even let them be heard out of your mouth.
• Josh 23:7that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;
• Ps 97:7Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!
• Ps 32:10Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.
• Jonah 2:8Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
• Isa 57:6Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they are your lot. You have even poured a drink offering to them. You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?
• Ps 106:37–38Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
• Isa 66:3He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog’s neck; he who offers an offering, as he who offers pig’s blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:
• Rev 18:4–5I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,
• Hos 2:16–17It will be in that day,” says Yahweh, “that you will call me ‘my husband,’ and no longer call me ‘my master.’
• Lev 23:13The meal offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire to Yahweh for a pleasant aroma; and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.
• Isa 65:11“But you who forsake Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny;
• Jer 7:18The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
• Gen 35:14Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.
• Rev 14:9–11Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,

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