Bible verses about Idolatry
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Forbidden Exodus 20:2,3; Deuteronomy 5:7 CONSISTS IN Bowing down to images Exodus 20:5; Deuteronomy 5:9 Worshipping images Isaiah 44:17; Daniel 3:5,10,15 Sacrificing to images Psalms 106:38; Acts 7:41 Worshipping other gods Deuteronomy 30:17; Psalms 81:9 Swearing by other gods Exodus 23:13; Joshua 23:7 Walking after other gods Deuteronomy 8:19 Speaking in the name of other gods Deuteronomy 18:20 Looking to other gods Hosea 3:1 Serving other gods Deuteronomy 7:4; Jeremiah 5:19 Fearing other gods II Kings 17:35 Sacrificing to other gods Exodus 22:20 Worshipping the true God by an image, &c Exodus 32:4-6; Psalms 106:19,20 Worshipping angels Colossians 2:18 Worshipping the host of heaven Deuteronomy 4:19; 17:3 Worshipping demons Matthew 4:9-10; Revelation 9:20 Worshipping dead men Psalms 106:28 Setting up idols in the heart Ezekiel 14:3,4 Covetousness Ephesians 5:5; Colossians 3:5 Sensuality Philippians 3:19 Is changing the glory of God into an image Romans 1:23; Acts 17:29 Is changing the truth of God into a lie Romans 1:25; Isaiah 44:20 Is a work of the flesh Galatians 5:19,20 Incompatible with the service of God Genesis 35:2,3; Joshua 24:23; I Samuel 7:3; I Kings 18:21; II Corinthians 6:15,16 DESCRIBED AS An abomination to God Deuteronomy 7:25 Hateful to God Deuteronomy 16:22; Jeremiah 44:4 Vain and foolish Psalms 115:4-8; Isaiah 44:19; Jeremiah 10:3 Bloody Ezekiel 23:39 Abominable I Peter 4:3 Unprofitable Judges 10:14; Isaiah 46:7 Irrational Acts 17:29; Romans 1:21-23 Defiling Ezekiel 20:7; 36:18 THEY WHO PRACTISE Forget God Deuteronomy 8:19; Jeremiah 18:15 Go astray from God Ezekiel 44:10 Pollute the name of God Ezekiel 20:39 Defile the sanctuary of God Ezekiel 5:11 Are estranged from God Ezekiel 14:5 Forsake God II Kings 22:17; Jeremiah 16:11 Hate God II Chronicles 19:2,3 Provoke God Deuteronomy 31:20; Isaiah 65:3; Jeremiah 25:6 Are vain in their imaginations Romans 1:21 Are ignorant and foolish Romans 1:21,22 Inflame themselves Isaiah 57:5 Hold fast their deceit Jeremiah 8:5 Carried away by it I Corinthians 12:2 Go after it in heart Ezekiel 20:16 Are mad upon it Jeremiah 50:38 Boast of it Psalms 97:7 Have fellowship with devils Hosea 4:12 Ask counsel of their idols Hosea 4:12 Look to idols for deliverance Isaiah 44:17; 45:20 Swear by their idols Amos 8:14 Objects of, numerous I Corinthians 8:5 OBJECTS OF DESCRIBED AS Strange gods Genesis 35:2,4; Joshua 24:20 Other gods Judges 2:12,17; I Kings 14:9 New gods Deuteronomy 32:17; Judges 5:8 Gods that cannot save Isaiah 45:20 Gods that have not made the heavens Jeremiah 10:11 No gods Jeremiah 5:7; Galatians 4:8 Molten gods Exodus 34:17; Leviticus 19:4 Molten images Deuteronomy 27:15; Habakkuk 2:18 Graven images Isaiah 45:20; Hosea 11:2 Senseless idols Deuteronomy 4:28; Psalms 115:5,7 Dumb idols Habakkuk 2:18 Dumb Stones Habakkuk 2:19 Stocks Jeremiah 3:9; Hosea 4:12 Abominations Isaiah 44:19; Jeremiah 32:34 Images of abomination Ezekiel 7:20 Idols of abomination Ezekiel 16:36 Stumbling blocks Ezekiel 14:3 Teachers of lies Habakkuk 2:18 Wind and confusion Isaiah 41:29 Nothing Isaiah 41:24; I Corinthians 8:4 Helpless Jeremiah 10:5 Vanity Jeremiah 18:15 Vanities of the Gentiles Jeremiah 14:22 Making idols for the purpose of, described and ridiculed Isaiah 44:10-20 Obstinate sinners judicially given up to Deuteronomy 4:28; 28:64; Hosea 4:17 Warnings against Deuteronomy 4:15-19 Exhortations to turn from Ezekiel 14:6; 20:7; Acts 14:15 Renounced on conversion I Thessalonians 1:9 Led to abominable sins Romans 1:26-32; Acts 15:20 SAINTS SHOULD Keep from Joshua 23:7; I John 5:21 Flee from I Corinthians 10:14 Not have anything connected with in their houses Deuteronomy 7:26 Not partake of any thing connected with I Corinthians 10:19,20 Not have religious intercourse with those who practise Joshua 23:7; I Corinthians 5:11 Not covenant with those who practise Exodus 34:12,15; Deuteronomy 7:2 Not intermarry with those who practise Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3 Testify against Acts 14:15; 19:26 Refuse to engage in, though threatened with death Daniel 3:18 Saints preserved by God from I Kings 19:18; Romans 11:4 Saints refuse to receive the worship of Acts 10:25,26; 14:11-15 Angels refuse to receive the worship of Revelation 22:8,9 Destruction of, promised Ezekiel 36:25; Zechariah 13:2 Everything connected with, should be destroyed Exodus 34:13; Deuteronomy 7:5; II Samuel 5:21; II Kings 23:14 Woe denounced against Habakkuk 2:19 Curse denounced against Deuteronomy 27:15 PUNISHMENT OF Judicial death Deuteronomy 17:2-5 Dreadful judgments which end in death Jeremiah 8:2; 16:1-11 Banishment Jeremiah 8:3; Hosea 8:5-8; Amos 5:26,27 Exclusion from heaven I Corinthians 6:9,10; Ephesians 5:5; Revelation 22:15 Eternal torments Revelation 14:9-11; 21:8 Exemplified Israel Exodus 32:1; II Kings 17:12 Philistines Judges 16:23 Micah Judges 17:4,5 Jeroboam I Kings 12:28 Maachah I Kings 15:13 Ahab I Kings 16:31 Jezebel I Kings 18:19 Sennacherib II Kings 19:37 Manasseh II Kings 21:4-7 Amon II Kings 21:21 Ahaz II Chronicles 28:3 Judah Jeremiah 11:13 Nebuchadnezzar Daniel 3:1 Belshazzar Daniel 5:23 People of Lystra Acts 14:11,12 Athenians Acts 17:16 Ephesians Acts 19:28 Zeal against-Exemplified Asa I Kings 15:12 Josiah II Kings 23:5 Jehoshaphat II Chronicles 17:6 Israel II Chronicles 31:1 Manasseh II Chronicles 33:15 All forms of, forbidden by the law of Moses Exodus 20:4,5 All heathen nations given up to Psalms 96:5; Romans 1:23,25; I Corinthians 12:2 Led the heathen to think that their gods visited the earth in bodily shapes Acts 14:11 Led the heathen to consider their gods to have but a local influence I Kings 20:23; II Kings 17:26 OBJECTS OF The heavenly bodies II Kings 23:5; Acts 7:42 Angels Colossians 2:18 Departed spirits I Samuel 28:14,15 Earthly creatures Romans 1:23 Images Deuteronomy 29:17; Psalms 115:4; Isaiah 44:17 Temples built for Hosea 8:14 Altars raised for I Kings 18:26; Hosea 8:11 Accompanied by feasts II Kings 10:20; I Corinthians 10:27,28 OBJECTS OF, WORSHIPPED With sacrifices Numbers 22:40; II Kings 10:24 With libations Isaiah 57:6; Jeremiah 19:13 With incense Jeremiah 48:35 With prayer I Kings 18:26; Isaiah 44:17 With singing and dancing Exodus 32:18,19; I Kings 18:26; I Corinthians 10:7 By bowing to them I Kings 19:18; II Kings 5:18 By kissing them I Kings 19:18; Hosea 13:2 By kissing the hand to them Job 31:26,27 By cutting the flesh I Kings 18:28 By burning children Deuteronomy 12:31; II Chronicles 33:6; Jeremiah 19:4,5; Ezekiel 16:21 In temples II Kings 5:18 On high places Numbers 22:41; Jeremiah 2:20 In groves Exodus 34:13 Under trees Isaiah 57:5; Jeremiah 2:20 In private houses Judges 17:4,5 On the tops of houses II Kings 23:12; Zephaniah 1:5 In secret places Isaiah 57:8 Rites of, obscene and impure Exodus 32:25; Numbers 25:1-3; II Kings 17:9; Isaiah 57:6,8,9; I Peter 4:3 Divination connected with II Chronicles 33:6 Victims sacrificed in, often adorned with garlands Acts 14:13 IDOLS, &c MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE Adrammelech II Kings 17:31 Anammelech II Kings 17:31 Ashima II Kings 17:30 Ashtoreth Judges 2:13; I Kings 11:33 Baal Judges 2:11-13; 6:25 Baal-berith Judges 8:33; 9:4,46 Baal-peor Numbers 25:1-3 Baalzebub II Kings 1:2,16 Baal-zephon Exodus 14:2 Bel Jeremiah 50:2; 51:44 Chemosh Numbers 21:29; I Kings 11:33 Chiun Amos 5:26 Dagon Judges 16:23; I Samuel 5:1-3 Diana Acts 19:24,27 Huzzab Nahum 2:7 Jupiter Acts 14:12 Mercury Acts 14:12 Molech or Milcom Leviticus 18:21; I Kings 11:5,33 Merodach Jeremiah 50:2 Nergal II Kings 17:30 Nebo Isaiah 46:1 Nibhaz and Tartak II Kings 17:31 Nisroch II Kings 19:37 Queen of heaven Jeremiah 44:17,25 Remphan Acts 7:43 Rimmon II Kings 5:18 Succothbenoth II Kings 17:30 Tammuz Ezekiel 8:14 Objects of, carried in procession Isaiah 46:7; Amos 5:26; Acts 7:43 Early notice of, amongst God's professing people Genesis 31:19,30; 35:1-4; Joshua 24:2 THE JEWS Practised, in Egypt Joshua 24:14; Ezekiel 23:3,19 Brought, out of Egypt with them Ezekiel 23:8; Acts 7:39-41 Forbidden to practise Exodus 20:1-5; 23:24 Often mixed up, with God's worship Exodus 32:1-5; I Kings 12:27,28 Followed the Canaanites in Judges 2:11-13; I Chronicles 5:25 Followed the Moabites in Numbers 25:1-3 Followed the Assyrians in Ezekiel 16:28-30; 23:5-7 Followed the Syrians in Judges 10:6 Adopted by Solomon I Kings 11:5-8 Adopted by the wicked kings I Kings 21:26; II Kings 21:21; II Chronicles 28:2-4; 33:3,7 Example of the kings encouraged Israel in I Kings 12:30; II Kings 21:11; II Chronicles 33:9 Great prevalence of, in Israel Isaiah 2:8; Jeremiah 2:28; Ezekiel 8:10 A virtual forsaking of God Jeremiah 2:9-13 The good kings of Judah endeavoured to destroy II Chronicles 15:16; 34:7 Captivity of Israel on account of II Kings 17:6-18 Captivity of Judah on account of II Kings 17:19-23

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