1 Kings 14:9
But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
Cross-reference
1 Kings 14:16 directly ties Jeroboam's sins from verse 9 to the national punishment of exile.
1 Kings 14:15 describes the consequence: Israel will be scattered because of the idols Jeroboam made—direct causal link.
1 Kings 14:22 says Judah's sins provoked God's anger more than their ancestors—parallel phrasing to Jeroboam's greater evil here.
1 Kings 12:28 records Jeroboam's actual act of making golden calves, which is the sin condemned in verse 9.
1 Kings 13:33 shows Jeroboam's continued rebellion after the warning, compounding the evil described in verse 9.
1 Kings 13:34 declares that Jeroboam's sin (mentioned in verse 9) will lead to his dynasty's destruction.
1 Kings 15:34 shows that later king Baasha followed Jeroboam's wicked example, perpetuating the sin denounced in verse 9.
1 Kings 16:31 describes Ahab surpassing Jeroboam's sins (from verse 9) by adding Baal worship, showing escalating evil.
1 Kings 15:29 records the fulfillment of Ahijah's prophecy against Jeroboam's house, striking down all of them.
1 Kings 15:30 summarizes Jeroboam's sin as provoking God to anger, directly referencing the provocation here.
1 Kings 22:52 says Ahaziah walked in the way of Jeroboam who made Israel sin, explicitly linking to Jeroboam's sin here.
In Nehemiah 9:26, Israel also casts God's law behind their backs—identical phrase to Jeroboam casting God behind him.
Deuteronomy 32:16 uses the same language of provoking God with strange gods, which Jeroboam's actions in verse 9 exemplify.
In Psalm 50:17, the wicked cast God's words behind them—the same idiom of rejection as Jeroboam's casting God away.
Psalm 106:19 recalls the golden calf at Horeb—a molten idol like the ones Jeroboam made, linking his sin to Israel's archetypal idolatry.
Psalm 106:20 describes exchanging God's glory for a bull image, mirroring Jeroboam's replacement of God with metal idols.
In Psalm 106:29, the same phrase 'provoked the LORD to anger' describes Israel's Baal-Peor idolatry, directly mirroring Jeroboam's actions.
In Ezekiel 23:35, God says 'you have cast me behind your back,' directly mirroring Jeroboam's sin.
In 1 Corinthians 10:22, Paul warns against provoking the Lord to jealousy, echoing the same concept of provoking God seen here.
2 Chronicles 11:15 details Jeroboam's appointment of priests for calf idols, confirming the same idolatrous actions condemned here.
Deuteronomy 32:17 identifies the false gods Jeroboam made as demonic, deepening the condemnation in verse 9.
Deuteronomy 9:8-16 recounts the golden calf at Horeb—the direct prototype for Jeroboam's calf idols and his provoking God's anger.
In 2 Chronicles 13:8, Abijah confronts Jeroboam's golden calves—the same idols made in 1 Kings 14:9 that provoked God's anger.
In 2 Chronicles 33:6, Manasseh's child sacrifice and sorcery intensify the pattern of provoking God, going beyond Jeroboam's metal images.
In 2 Kings 23:26, Manasseh's provocations caused lasting wrath—showing how idolatry like Jeroboam's brings enduring divine anger.
In 2 Kings 21:3, Manasseh's rebuilding high places and serving Baal mirrors Jeroboam's idolatry, both provoking God with false worship.
In Judges 5:8, Israel's choice of new gods brought war—same pattern of idolatry leading to judgment as Jeroboam's sin.
Psalm 115:4-8 mocks idols made by human hands—same critique of man-made gods that Jeroboam erected.
Isaiah 44:9-20 satirizes idol-makers—crafting gods from wood/metal, just as Jeroboam made metal idols.
In Jeremiah 7:9, offering to Baal and other gods parallels Jeroboam's idolatry—both provoke God by worshiping false deities.
Jeremiah 10:14-16 contrasts God the Maker with futile idols—same theme of senseless idolatry as Jeroboam's sin.