Deuteronomy 29:18

Overview - Deuteronomy 29
Moses exhorts them to obedience, by the memory of the works they had seen.
10 All are presented before the Lord to enter into his covenant.
18 The great wrath on him that flatters himself in his wickedness.
29 Secret things belong unto God.
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Deuteronomy 29:18  (King James Version)
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
 


among you man
Deuteronomy 11:16 Deuteronomy 11:17 13:1-15 17:2-7 Hebrews 3:12

among you a root
Jeremiah 9:15 ; Hosea 10:4 ; Amos 6:12 ; Acts 8:23 ; Hebrews 12:15

gall and wormwood
or, a poisonful herb. Hebrew rosh.