Deuteronomy 32:38

Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.

Cross-reference

Judges 10:14 mirrors the sarcastic challenge of Deuteronomy 32:38 — let the gods you chose save you — when Israel is oppressed.

Psalm 50:13 Contrast

Psalm 50:13 asks rhetorically if God eats sacrifices, contrasting with Deuteronomy 32:38 where false gods are mocked as eating fat and drinking wine.

Ezekiel 16:19 describes Israel offering God's provisions (bread, oil, honey) to idols — the same pattern of misusing offerings seen in Deuteronomy 32:38.

Hosea 2:8 Allusion

Hosea 2:8 echoes how Israel used God’s grain, wine, and oil for Baal — identical idolatrous misuse of offerings as in Deuteronomy 32:38.

Isaiah 57:6 Parallel

Isaiah 57:6 depicts pouring drink offerings to idols (smooth stones) — the same practice condemned in Deuteronomy 32:38.

Jeremiah 7:18 describes pouring drink offerings to other gods — exactly the idolatry mocked in Deuteronomy 32:38.

Exodus 29:40 describes the proper drink offering to God — contrasting with the idolatrous offerings described in Deuteronomy 32:38.

Leviticus 7:23 forbids eating fat because it belongs to God — contrasting with Deuteronomy 32:38 where fat is offered to idols.

In 1 Corinthians 10:21, Paul echoes the incompatibility of idol worship with the Lord's table, reinforcing the warning against false gods.

Jeremiah 13:25 Related theme

Jeremiah 13:25 declares judgment for trusting lies — echoing the consequence of trusting powerless idols in Deuteronomy 32:38.

Ezekiel 16:18 describes Israel offering garments, oil, and incense to idols, paralleling the offerings to false gods mocked in Deuteronomy 32:38.

Daniel 1:8 Contrast

Daniel 1:8 shows Daniel refusing food and wine to avoid defilement — contrasting with the idolatrous consumption in Deuteronomy 32:38.

Zephaniah 2:11 Related theme

Zephaniah 2:11 declares God will starve false gods — a fitting judgment for the idolatrous offerings mocked in Deuteronomy 32:38.