Leviticus 18:21

You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

Cross References (23)

  • Deuteronomy 12:31 (10)

    You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LOR

  • Deuteronomy 18:10 (7)

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

  • Leviticus 20:2–5 (7)

    “Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put t

  • Leviticus 19:12 (6)

    You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

  • Leviticus 22:32 (5)

    You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you

  • 1 Kings 11:33 (4)

    For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom

  • Leviticus 22:2 (4)

    “Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that

  • Acts 7:43 (4)

    You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore

  • Jeremiah 19:5 (4)

    They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never c

  • 1 Kings 11:7 (4)

    At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech

  • Malachi 1:12 (4)

    “But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’

  • Amos 5:26 (3)

    You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves.

  • 2 Kings 23:10 (3)

    He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to

  • 2 Kings 21:6 (3)

    He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did gr

  • Psalms 106:37–38 (3)

    They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

  • Ezekiel 36:20–23 (3)

    And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people

  • 2 Kings 16:3 (3)

    Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominat

  • Ezekiel 20:31 (3)

    When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to t

  • Ezekiel 23:37 (3)

    For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have

  • Jeremiah 7:31 (3)

    They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in th

  • Leviticus 21:6 (3)

    They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the food offering

  • Romans 2:24 (2)

    As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

  • Romans 1:23 (2)

    and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.