Like the harlot of Proverbs 7, the promoters of the new bibles prey on “the simple ones” who yield their sword, the old King James Bible, after a “fair speech” has persuaded them.  One such “fair speech” is that the King James Bible is not written in modern English.  The rallying cry is: “We need a modern version for modern times!”  Have you ever heard that one?  Although this argument has been proven to be a lie (John 8:44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
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While researching the word “Easter” (Acts 12:4And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
See All...) and its connection to the false goddess Ishtar, I was struck by how often the word “grove” was used on occult and New Age web sites.  One site used the word “grove” or “groves” 18 (6+6+6) times on its home page.  Apparently the pagan creator of this site did not realize how “archaic” these words are.

The Word Grove

In order to fully grasp the depth of the meaning of these words, I recommend a careful study (2 Timothy 2:15Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
See All...) of their use in the scripture.  As a preview to that study, the word “grove,” in the King James Bible is used 15 times (out of the 17 total times that it occurs) in connection to the exact kind of idolatry being promoted by New Age pagans. “Groves,” on the other hand, is used 24 times in the blessed old Book, and every time it is connected to the worship of the same false gods that the Wicca and Druid worshippers are recommending to our children. 

Although these words, as used in the word of God, are resistant to simplistic definitions, I will attempt a very general definition of the word “groves.”  I believe that “groves” in the true word of God are places where pagan altars and images are displayed, and heathen religious rituals are performed.  It is quite clear that many times these places are located outdoors in (or near) a “grove” of trees (see Jeremiah 17:1-2 [1] The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; [2] Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
See All...).  Have you ever wondered why the Environmentalists (New Age worshippers by another name) get upset when someone “cuts down” some trees (Judges 6:25-32 [25] And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: [26] And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. [27] Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. [28] And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. [29] And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing. [30] Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it. [31] And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar. [32] Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
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Grove  in the Versions

Interestingly, the new versions eliminate the word “grove” and its plural form from their bibles when the passages deal with idolatry.  They replace this easily understood word with “Asherah pole” (NIV), “sacred pole” (NRSV), and “wooden image” (NKJV).  Why?  The New Age “spiral goddess” worshippers talk about their “Grove of Rememberance  [sic],” “Rainbow Heart Grove,” and “Green Man Grove” not their “Asherah poles.”  The followers of Wicca don’t use terminology like “sacred pole.”  They use “The Gods’ Grove,” “The Mystickal [sic] Grove,” and “The Grove of the Green Cobra.”  The Druids don’t call their places of worship or their idols “wooden images”; they give them titles like “Hearthfire Grove,” “Peachtree Grove,” and “Virtual Grove.”  By the way, the stated purpose of the “Virtual Grove” is “[f]or those of you not in proximity to one of the groves listed [on this web site].”  In other words, a grove can be brought into your home via the computer.

The omission of “grove” and “groves” is only one of many shocking things that the new versions do that convince me that one of the fruits (Matthew 7:16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
See All...) of all of these new versions is an increase in New Age and occult practices here in America and around the world.  After all, who would know about how God felt about the “groves” that are being pushed today if they could not find any in their bibles?  Apparently the publishers of the NEW versions don’t care if the scripture “is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
See All...) as long as it is profitable financially (1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Let me ask you a few questions.  If you were a pagan who worshipped your gods at one or more of these groves, would you appreciate someone reading a King James Bible or would you rather they read a new version?  Which one sheds more light on your pagan practices?  The scripture says, “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple” (Psalm 119:130The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
See All...).  Are the pagan practices of the people in the Old Testament and the people in the 21st century being exposed in the King James Bible or in the new versions?  If you are an honest person, you know what the answers are.

Darkness in the Groves

Speaking of light, the harlot of Proverbs 7 was “on her corner” (vs.8) “[I]n the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night” (vs.9).  She stalked her prey at night because she knew that “…men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil” (John 3:19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
See All...).  The word of God says, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Eph 6:12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
See All... emphasis added).  The “rulers of the darkness of this world” don’t appreciate a Bible that connects their “spiritual wickedness in high places” to the groves. 

In 1 Kings 14:22-23 [22] And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. [23] For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
See All..., the God’s holy word says, “For Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.  For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree” (emphasis added).  Then one of Christian’s wrestling opponents is the New Age, Roman Catholic, Druid, Wicca, Environmentalist, grove-worshippers who want to teach your children to provoke the Lord “to jealousy with their sins.”  I’m glad that I have a Bible that exposes this kind of wickedness and God’s attitude towards it “Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices” (2 Corinthians 2:11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
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The next time some charlatan tries to persuade you with his “fair speech” to trade your sword in for one of these new versions, tell him that the creators, designers, and promoters of the New Age religious web sites know that the terminology in the King James Bible is right and all of the new versions are not.  Why is that?  The answer is simple.  Someone does not want you to know that the idolatrous practices of the pagan people as revealed in the Old Te4stament match the New Age occult practices in the 21st century.  Stated simply, someone does not want you to know the truth and Jesus Christ said, “…thy word is truth” (John 17:17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
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