Idolatry
1. Forbidden. Ex 20:2,3; De 5:7.
2. Consists in
a. Bowing down to images. Ex 20:5; De 5:9.
b. Worshipping images. Isa 44:17; Da 3:5,10,15.
c. Sacrificing to images. Ps 106:38; Ac 7:41.
d. Worshipping other gods. De 30:17; Ps 81:9.
e. Swearing by other gods. Ex 23:13; Jos 23:7.
f. Walking after other gods. De 8:19.
g. Speaking in the name of other gods. De 18:20.
h. Looking to other gods. Ho 3:1.
i. Serving other gods. De 7:4; Jer 5:19.
j. Fearing other gods. 2Ki 17:35.
k. Sacrificing to other gods. Ex 22:20.
l. Worshipping the true God by an image, &c. Ex 32:4-6; Ps 106:19,20.
m. Worshipping angels. Col 2:18.
n. Worshipping the host of heaven. De 4:19; 17:3.
o. Worshipping demons. Mt 4:9-10; Re 9:20.
p. Worshipping dead men. Ps 106:28.
q. Setting up idols in the heart. Eze 14:3,4.
r. Covetousness. Eph 5:5; Col 3:5.
s. Sensuality. Php 3:19.
3. Is changing the glory of God into an image. Ro 1:23; Ac 17:29.
4. Is changing the truth of God into a lie. Ro 1:25; Isa 44:20.
5. Is a work of the flesh. Ga 5:19,20.
6. Incompatible with the service of God. Ge 35:2,3; Jos 24:23; 1Sa 7:3; 1Ki 18:21; 2Co 6:15,16.
7. Described as
a. An abomination to God. De 7:25.
b. Hateful to God. De 16:22; Jer 44:4.
c. Vain and foolish. Ps 115:4-8; Isa 44:19; Jer 10:3.
d. Bloody. Eze 23:39.
e. Abominable. 1Pe 4:3.
f. Unprofitable. Jdj 10:14; Isa 46:7.
g. Irrational. Ac 17:29; Ro 1:21-23.
h. Defiling. Eze 20:7; 36:18.
8. They who practise
a. Forget God. De 8:19; Jer 18:15.
b. Go astray from God. Eze 44:10.
c. Pollute the name of God. Eze 20:39.
d. Defile the sanctuary of God. Eze 5:11.
e. Are estranged from God. Eze 14:5.
f. Forsake God. 2Ki 22:17; Jer 16:11.
g. Hate God. 2Ch 19:2,3.
h. Provoke God. De 31:20; Isa 65:3; Jer 25:6.
i. Are vain in their imaginations. Ro 1:21.
j. Are ignorant and foolish. Ro 1:21,22.
k. Inflame themselves. Isa 57:5.
l. Hold fast their deceit. Jer 8:5.
m. Carried away by it. 1Co 12:2.
n. Go after it in heart. Eze 20:16.
o. Are mad upon it. Jer 50:38.
p. Boast of it. Ps 97:7.
q. Have fellowship with devils. Ho 4:12.
r. Ask counsel of their idols. Ho 4:12.
s. Look to idols for deliverance. Isa 44:17; 45:20.
t. Swear by their idols. Am 8:14.
9. Objects of, numerous. 1Co 8:5.
10. Objects of described as
a. Strange gods. Ge 35:2,4; Jos 24:20.
b. Other gods. Jdj 2:12,17; 1Ki 14:9.
c. New gods. De 32:17; Jdj 5:8.
d. Gods that cannot save. Isa 45:20.
e. Gods that have not made the heavens. Jer 10:11.
f. No gods. Jer 5:7; Ga 4:8.
g. Molten gods. Ex 34:17; Le 19:4.
h. Molten images. De 27:15; Hab 2:18.
i. Graven images. Isa 45:20; Ho 11:2.
j. Senseless idols. De 4:28; Ps 115:5,7.
k. Dumb idols. Hab 2:18.
l. Dumb Stones. Hab 2:19.
m. Stocks. Jer 3:9; Ho 4:12.
n. Abominations. Isa 44:19; Jer 32:34.
o. Images of abomination. Eze 7:20.
p. Idols of abomination. Eze 16:36.
q. Stumbling blocks. Eze 14:3.
r. Teachers of lies. Hab 2:18.
s. Wind and confusion. Isa 41:29.
t. Nothing. Isa 41:24; 1Co 8:4.
u. Helpless. Jer 10:5.
v. Vanity. Jer 18:15.
w. Vanities of the Gentiles. Jer 14:22.
11. Making idols for the purpose of, described and ridiculed. Isa 44:10-20.
12. Obstinate sinners judicially given up to. De 4:28; 28:64; Ho 4:17.
13. Warnings against. De 4:15-19.
14. Exhortations to turn from. Eze 14:6; 20:7; Ac 14:15.
15. Renounced on conversion. 1Th 1:9.
16. Led to abominable sins. Ro 1:26-32; Ac 15:20.
17. Saints should
a. Keep from. Jos 23:7; 1Jo 5:21.
b. Flee from. 1Co 10:14.
c. Not have anything connected with in their houses. De 7:26.
d. Not partake of any thing connected with. 1Co 10:19,20.
e. Not have religious intercourse with those who practise. Jos 23:7; 1Co 5:11.
f. Not covenant with those who practise. Ex 34:12,15; De 7:2.
g. Not intermarry with those who practise. Ex 34:16; De 7:3.
h. Testify against. Ac 14:15; 19:26.
i. Refuse to engage in, though threatened with death. Da 3:18.
18. Saints preserved by God from. 1Ki 19:18; Ro 11:4.
19. Saints refuse to receive the worship of. Ac 10:25,26; 14:11-15.
20. Angels refuse to receive the worship of. Re 22:8,9.
21. Destruction of, promised. Eze 36:25; Zec 13:2.
22. Everything connected with, should be destroyed. Ex 34:13; De 7:5; 2Sa 5:21; 2Ki 23:14.
23. Woe denounced against. Hab 2:19.
24. Curse denounced against. De 27:15.
25. Punishment of
a. Judicial death. De 17:2-5.
b. Dreadful judgments which end in death. Jer 8:2; 16:1-11.
c. Banishment. Jer 8:3; Ho 8:5-8; Am 5:26,27.
d. Exclusion from heaven. 1Co 6:9,10; Eph 5:5; Re 22:15.
e. Eternal torments. Re 14:9-11; 21:8.
26. Exemplified
a. Israel. Ex 32:1; 2Ki 17:12.
b. Philistines. Jdj 16:23.
c. Micah. Jdj 17:4,5.
d. Jeroboam. 1Ki 12:28.
e. Maachah. 1Ki 15:13.
f. Ahab. 1Ki 16:31.
g. Jezebel. 1Ki 18:19.
h. Sennacherib. 2Ki 19:37.
i. Manasseh. 2Ki 21:4-7.
j. Amon. 2Ki 21:21.
k. Ahaz. 2Ch 28:3.
l. Judah. Jer 11:13.
m. Nebuchadnezzar. Da 3:1.
n. Belshazzar. Da 5:23.
o. People of Lystra. Ac 14:11,12.
p. Athenians. Ac 17:16.
q. Ephesians. Ac 19:28.
27. Zeal against-Exemplified
a. Asa. 1Ki 15:12.
b. Josiah. 2Ki 23:5.
c. Jehoshaphat. 2Ch 17:6.
d. Israel. 2Ch 31:1.
e. Manasseh. 2Ch 33:15.
28. All forms of, forbidden by the law of Moses. Ex 20:4,5.
29. All heathen nations given up to. Ps 96:5; Ro 1:23,25; 1Co 12:2.
30. Led the heathen to think that their gods visited the earth in bodily shapes. Ac 14:11.
31. Led the heathen to consider their gods to have but a local influence. 1Ki 20:23; 2Ki 17:26.
32. Objects of
a. The heavenly bodies. 2Ki 23:5; Ac 7:42.
b. Angels. Col 2:18.
c. Departed spirits. 1Sa 28:14,15.
d. Earthly creatures. Ro 1:23.
e. Images. De 29:17; Ps 115:4; Isa 44:17.
33. Temples built for. Ho 8:14.
34. Altars raised for. 1Ki 18:26; Ho 8:11.
35. Accompanied by feasts. 2Ki 10:20; 1Co 10:27,28.
36. Objects of, worshipped
a. With sacrifices. Nu 22:40; 2Ki 10:24.
b. With libations. Isa 57:6; Jer 19:13.
c. With incense. Jer 48:35.
d. With prayer. 1Ki 18:26; Isa 44:17.
e. With singing and dancing. Ex 32:18,19; 1Ki 18:26; 1Co 10:7.
f. By bowing to them. 1Ki 19:18; 2Ki 5:18.
g. By kissing them. 1Ki 19:18; Ho 13:2.
h. By kissing the hand to them. Job 31:26,27.
i. By cutting the flesh. 1Ki 18:28.
j. By burning children. De 12:31; 2Ch 33:6; Jer 19:4,5; Eze 16:21.
k. In temples. 2Ki 5:18.
l. On high places. Nu 22:41; Jer 2:20.
m. In groves. Ex 34:13.
n. Under trees. Isa 57:5; Jer 2:20.
o. In private houses. Jdj 17:4,5.
p. On the tops of houses. 2Ki 23:12; Zep 1:5.
q. In secret places. Isa 57:8.
37. Rites of, obscene and impure. Ex 32:25; Nu 25:1-3; 2Ki 17:9; Isa 57:6,8,9; 1Pe 4:3.
38. Divination connected with. 2Ch 33:6.
39. Victims sacrificed in, often adorned with garlands. Ac 14:13.
40. Idols, mentioned in Scripture
a. Adrammelech. 2Ki 17:31.
b. Anammelech. 2Ki 17:31.
c. Ashima. 2Ki 17:30.
d. Ashtoreth. Jdj 2:13; 1Ki 11:33.
e. Baal. Jdj 2:11-13; 6:25.
f. Baal-berith. Jdj 8:33; 9:4,46.
g. Baal-peor. Nu 25:1-3.
h. Baalzebub. 2Ki 1:2,16.
i. Baal-zephon. Ex 14:2.
j. Bel. Jer 50:2; 51:44.
k. Chemosh. Nu 21:29; 1Ki 11:33.
l. Chiun. Am 5:26.
m. Dagon. Jdj 16:23; 1Sa 5:1-3.
n. Diana. Ac 19:24,27.
o. Huzzab. Na 2:7.
p. Jupiter. Ac 14:12.
q. Mercury. Ac 14:12.
r. Molech or Milcom. Le 18:21; 1Ki 11:5,33.
s. Merodach. Jer 50:2.
t. Nergal. 2Ki 17:30.
u. Nebo. Isa 46:1.
v. Nibhaz and Tartak. 2Ki 17:31.
w. Nisroch. 2Ki 19:37.
x. Queen of heaven. Jer 44:17,25.
y. Remphan. Ac 7:43.
z. Rimmon. 2Ki 5:18.
A. Succothbenoth. 2Ki 17:30.
B. Tammuz. Eze 8:14.
41. Objects of, carried in procession. Isa 46:7; Am 5:26; Ac 7:43.
42. Early notice of, amongst God?셲 professing people. Ge 31:19,30; 35:1-4; Jos 24:2.
43. The Jews
a. Practised, in Egypt. Jos 24:14; Eze 23:3,19.
b. Brought, out of Egypt with them. Eze 23:8; Ac 7:39-41.
c. Forbidden to practise. Ex 20:1-5; 23:24.
d. Often mixed up, with God?셲 worship. Ex 32:1-5; 1Ki 12:27,28.
e. Followed the Canaanites in. Jdj 2:11-13; 1Ch 5:25.
f. Followed the Moabites in. Nu 25:1-3.
g. Followed the Assyrians in. Eze 16:28-30; 23:5-7.
h. Followed the Syrians in. Jdj 10:6.
44. Adopted by Solomon. 1Ki 11:5-8.
45. Adopted by the wicked kings. 1Ki 21:26; 2Ki 21:21; 2Ch 28:2-4; 33:3,7.
46. Example of the kings encouraged Israel in. 1Ki 12:30; 2Ki 21:11; 2Ch 33:9.
47. Great prevalence of, in Israel. Isa 2:8; Jer 2:28; Eze 8:10.
48. A virtual forsaking of God. Jer 2:9-13.
49. The good kings of Judah endeavoured to destroy. 2Ch 15:16; 34:7.
50. Captivity of Israel on account of. 2Ki 17:6-18.
51. Captivity of Judah on account of. 2Ki 17:19-23.