90 Bible Verses about Child Sacrifice
Want to know what the Bible says about Child Sacrifice? Here are 90 Bible verses about Child Sacrifice from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Ezekiel 20:31 NIV
When you offer your gifts—the sacrifice of your children in the fire—you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Am I to let you inquire of me, you Israelites? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will not let you inquire of me.
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2 Kings 17:17-18 NIV
17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sought omens and sold themselves to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.
18 So the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah was left,
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Jeremiah 19:5 NIV
They have built the high places of Baal to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind.
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2 Kings 16:3 NIV
He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, engaging in the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
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1 Kings 11:7 NIV
On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites.
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2 Kings 3:27 NIV
Then he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him as a sacrifice on the city wall. The fury against Israel was great; they withdrew and returned to their own land.
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Leviticus 20:2 NIV
“Say to the Israelites: ‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to death. The members of the community are to stone him.
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1 Kings 11:5 NIV
He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites.
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Psalm 127:3 NIV
Children are a heritage from the Lord,
offspring a reward from him.
offspring a reward from him.
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Leviticus 20:3 NIV
I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people; for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name.
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