FALSE WORSHIP
(A) IDOLATRY
(1) Forbidden
Genesis 35:2; Exodus 20:4; Exodus 34:17; Leviticus 26:1; Deuteronomy 7:25; Deuteronomy 11:16; Deuteronomy 16:22
Psalms 81:9; Isaiah 42:8; 1 John 5:21
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(2) Prophecies concerning the Overthrow of
Isaiah 2:20; Isaiah 17:8; Jeremiah 51:47; Micah 5:13; Zechariah 13:2
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(3) Idols Characterized, as
Insentiate
Deuteronomy 4:28; Psalms 115:4
Perishable
Isaiah 40:20
Helpless
Isaiah 45:20; Jeremiah 10:5; Acts 14:18
Unworthy of Worship of Intelligent Beings
Acts 17:29
Degrading
Romans 1:22; Romans 1:23; 1 Corinthians 8:4; 1 Corinthians 12:2
(4) Examples of
Exodus 32:4; Numbers 25:2; Judges 3:7; 1 Kings 12:32; 1 Kings 16:31; 2 Kings 17:12; 2 Kings 21:21
2 Chronicles 25:14; 2 Chronicles 28:2; Daniel 3:7; Daniel 5:23; Acts 17:16; Galatians 4:8
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(5) Making of Idols
Isaiah 40:19; Isaiah 44:10; Isaiah 46:6; Jeremiah 10:3; Ezekiel 7:20; Ezekiel 16:17; Ezekiel 22:3
Daniel 3:1; Hosea 8:4; Hosea 13:2; Habakkuk 2:18; Acts 19:24; Romans 1:23
(6) Vanity of
Jeremiah 10:5; Jeremiah 10:15; Jeremiah 50:38; Jeremiah 51:17; Daniel 5:23; Habakkuk 2:18; Acts 17:29; 1 Corinthians 10:19
(B) FALSE GODS AND GODDESSES, General References to
1 Chronicles 16:26; Isaiah 2:8; Jeremiah 2:11; Jeremiah 11:12; Jeremiah 16:20; 8:5; 1 Corinthians 12:2; Galatians 4:8
ASHTAROTH or ASHTORETH, a goddess of the Phoenicians
Judges 2:13; Judges 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:3; 1 Samuel 31:10; 1 Kings 11:33; 2 Kings 23:13
BAAL a god of Phoenicia and the Canaanitish Tribes
Numbers 22:41; Judges 2:11; Judges 8:33; 1 Kings 16:32; 1 Kings 18:19; 1 Kings 19:18
24:7; Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 7:9; Hosea 2:8
BAAL-PEOR, a god of the Moabites
Numbers 25:3; Deuteronomy 4:3; Joshua 22:17; Psalms 106:28; Hosea 9:10
CHEMOSH, a god of the Moabites
Numbers 21:29; Judges 11:24; 2 Kings 23:13; Jeremiah 48:7
DAGON, a god of the Philistines
Judges 16:23; 1 Samuel 5:2; 1 Chronicles 10:10
DIANA, a goddess of the Ephesians
Acts 19:24; Acts 19:28; Acts 19:35
MOLECH, Moloch, or Milcom, a god of the Ammonites
Leviticus 18:21; 2 Kings 23:10; Jeremiah 32:35; Amos 5:26; Acts 7:43
(C) OTHER OBJECTS OF WORSHIP
(1) The Golden Calf made by Aaron
Exodus 32:4; Deuteronomy 9:16; Nehemiah 9:18; Psalms 106:19; Acts 7:41
(2) The Golden Calves of Jeroboam, set up in Dan and Bethel
1 Kings 12:28; 2 Kings 10:29; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Chronicles 11:15; 2 Chronicles 13:8; Hosea 10:5
(3) Heavenly Bodies
Deuteronomy 4:19; Deuteronomy 17:3; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 21:3; Job 31:26; Jeremiah 8:2; Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 44:17
Ezekiel 8:16; Zephaniah 1:5
(4) Teraphim, images, household gods
Genesis 31:19; Genesis 31:34; Judges 17:5; Judges 18:14; 1 Samuel 19:13; Hosea 3:4
(5) Men Deified and Worshipped
Acts 12:22; Acts 14:11; Acts 28:6
(6) Devils Worshipped
Leviticus 17:7; Deuteronomy 32:17; 2 Chronicles 11:15; Psalms 106:37; 1 Corinthians 10:20
Revelation 9:20; Revelation 13:4
-- Brazen Serpent. See BRAZEN SERPENT
(D) PLACES DEVOTED TO IDOLATRY
(1) Idolatrous Altars
1 Kings 16:32; 1 Kings 18:26; Isaiah 27:9; Isaiah 65:3; Hosea 8:11; Acts 17:23
(2) Idolatrous Temples
1 Samuel 5:2; 1 Kings 12:31; 2 Kings 5:18; 2 Kings 10:21; 2 Chronicles 36:7; Daniel 1:2; Acts 19:27
(3) High Places
Numbers 22:41; 1 Kings 11:7; 1 Kings 12:31; 2 Kings 17:9; 2 Kings 17:29; 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 23:5
2 Chronicles 11:15; 2 Chronicles 17:6
(4) Groves (Asherah or Asherim) places where shrines were located
Deuteronomy 12:2; Deuteronomy 16:21; Judges 6:25; 1 Kings 14:15; 1 Kings 16:33; 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 23:14
2 Chronicles 14:3; 2 Chronicles 17:6; Isaiah 17:8