Deuteronomy 4:25

When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:

Cross-references

In Deuteronomy 31:16-18, God foretells the same pattern: Israel's idolatry provokes His anger and hides His face, directly echoing the warning here.

In Deuteronomy 31:29, Moses repeats the warning that Israel will turn to idolatry and provoke God, exactly as cautioned here.

Exodus 32:7 Typology

In Exodus 32:7, the golden calf incident provides the prototypical example of the idolatry and provocation described here.

Judges 2:8–15 Prophetic fulfillment

In Judges 2:8-15, Israel's idolatry leads to oppression, fulfilling the warning of provoked anger and divine judgment given here.

2 Kings 17:17–19 Prophetic fulfillment

In 2 Kings 17:17-19, the northern kingdom's idolatry and provocation lead to exile, directly fulfilling the warning here.

2 Kings 21:2 Historical context

In 2 Kings 21:2, Manasseh's evil and idolatry mirror the provocation warned against here.

2 Kings 21:14–16 Prophetic fulfillment

In 2 Kings 21:14-16, God abandons Judah because of Manasseh's provoking sins, exactly as warned in Deuteronomy.

2 Chronicles 36:12–16 Prophetic fulfillment

In 2 Chronicles 36:12-16, Judah's persistent idolatry and rejection of prophets fulfill the exile warning—God's wrath leads to Babylonian captivity.

In 1 Corinthians 10:22, Paul uses the same 'provoke the Lord' language, applying the OT idolatry warning to the church's participation in pagan feasts.

Judges 2:15 Prophetic fulfillment

In Judges 2:15, Israel's defeats in battle are the covenant judgment warned here—God's hand against them for idolatry, as sworn.

2 Kings 17:6 Prophetic fulfillment

In 2 Kings 17:6, the Assyrian deportation of Israel is the direct fulfillment of the scattering threatened in this warning.

Ezra 9:7 Allusion

In Ezra 9:7, the confession that captivity came because of ancestors' sins directly echoes this covenantal curse.

In Nehemiah 1:8, Nehemiah directly quotes Moses' words: 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations.'

In Jeremiah 5:19, the prophet explains that serving foreign gods leads to serving foreigners in exile—a direct application of this curse.

Lamentations 1:5 Prophetic fulfillment

In Lamentations 1:5, Jerusalem's fall and children's captivity are the bitter fulfillment of the scattering warned here.