What the Bible says about: Idolatry
| Exodus 20:22-23 | And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. |
| Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. | |
| Leviticus 26:1 |
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a |
| Deuteronomy 4:15-19 |
Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in |
| Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, | |
| The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, | |
| The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: | |
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And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath |
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| Deuteronomy 4:23 | Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. |
| Joshua 23:6-8 | Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; |
| That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: | |
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| Jeremiah 10:1-5 | Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: |
| Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. | |
| For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax. | |
| They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. | |
| They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. | |
| Luke 16:13 | No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. |
| 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 | Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, |
| Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. | |
| And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. | |
| Galatians 5:19-21 | Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, |
| Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, | |
| Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. | |
| Colossians 3:5 | Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: |
| Revelation 22:14-15 | Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. |
| For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. |
| Exodus 20:22-23 |
| And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. |
| Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. |
| Leviticus 26:1 |
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Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a |
| Deuteronomy 4:15-19 |
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Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in |
| Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, |
| The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, |
| The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: |
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And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath |
| Deuteronomy 4:23 |
| Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. |
| Joshua 23:6-8 |
| Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; |
| That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: |
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| Jeremiah 10:1-5 |
| Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: |
| Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. |
| For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax. |
| They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. |
| They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. |
| Luke 16:13 |
| No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. |
| 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 |
| Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, |
| Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. |
| And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. |
| Galatians 5:19-21 |
| Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, |
| Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, |
| Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. |
| Colossians 3:5 |
| Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: |
| Revelation 22:14-15 |
| Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. |
| For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. |