Deuteronomy 16:22

Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the Lord thy God hateth.

Cross-reference

Deuteronomy 7:5 commands smashing sacred pillars—directly reinforcing the prohibition in Deuteronomy 16:22 against setting them up.

Deuteronomy 12:4 forbids imitating pagan worship, which includes setting up pillars—the very practice prohibited in Deuteronomy 16:22.

Deuteronomy 12:31 warns against imitating pagan practices; this pillar prohibition is one specific forbidden practice.

Leviticus 26:1 explicitly forbids setting up pillars, matching this prohibition exactly.

Exodus 20:4 Parallel

Exodus 20:4 forbids carved images; this command against pillars is a specific application of that broader idolatry ban.

In Jeremiah 44:4, God calls idolatry an 'abominable thing that I hate'—echoing the same divine hatred for forbidden pillars in Deuteronomy.