1 Samuel 15:23

For 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.”

Cross References (27)

  • Jeremiah 28:16 (14)

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year becau

  • 1 Samuel 13:14 (11)

    But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His peo

  • Leviticus 20:6 (9)

    Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and

  • Galatians 5:20 (8)

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

  • Deuteronomy 18:10–11 (7)

    Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interpret

  • 2 Corinthians 6:16 (7)

    What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

  • Jeremiah 29:32 (7)

    this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left

  • Exodus 22:18 (6)

    You must not allow a sorceress to live.

  • Joshua 22:16–19 (6)

    “This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against th

  • Ezekiel 2:5–8 (6)

    And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among

  • 1 Chronicles 28:9 (5)

    As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LO

  • Psalms 107:11 (5)

    because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

  • 2 Kings 17:15–20 (5)

    They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. Th

  • Genesis 31:34 (5)

    Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban

  • Genesis 31:19 (5)

    Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

  • 1 Samuel 2:30 (4)

    Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would w

  • Deuteronomy 9:7 (4)

    Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of

  • Job 34:37 (4)

    For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”

  • Leviticus 20:27 (4)

    A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon the

  • Isaiah 19:3 (3)

    Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they wil

  • Deuteronomy 9:24 (3)

    You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.

  • Numbers 14:9 (3)

    Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us.

  • Isaiah 8:19 (3)

    When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead

  • 1 Samuel 12:14–15 (3)

    If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if b

  • Revelation 22:15 (3)

    But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and

  • 1 Samuel 16:1 (3)

    Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? F

  • Revelation 21:8 (2)

    But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and al