Idolatry

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 Psalm 106:38; Acts 7:41
- Worshipping other gods Deuteronomy 30:17; Psalm 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 2 Kings 17:35
- Sacrificing to other gods Exodus 22:20
- Worshipping the true God by an image, &c Exodus 32:4-6; Psalm 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 Psalm 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; 1 Samuel 7:3; 1 Kings 18:21; 2 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 Psalm 115:4-8; Isaiah 44:19; Jeremiah 10:3
- Bloody Ezekiel 23:39
- Abominable 1 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 2 Kings 22:17; Jeremiah 16:11
- Hate God 2 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 1 Corinthians 12:2
- Go after it in heart Ezekiel 20:16
- Are mad upon it Jeremiah 50:38
- Boast of it Psalm 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 1 Corinthians 8:5
OBJECTS OF DESCRIBED AS
- Strange gods Genesis 35:2,4; Joshua 24:20
- Other gods Judges 2:12,17; 1 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; Psalm 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; 1 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 1 Thessalonians 1:9
Led to abominable sins Romans 1:26-32; Acts 15:20
SAINTS SHOULD
- Keep from Joshua 23:7; 1 John 5:21
- Flee from 1 Corinthians 10:14
- Not have anything connected with in their houses Deuteronomy 7:26
- Not partake of any thing connected with 1 Corinthians 10:19,20
- Not have religious intercourse with those who practise Joshua 23:7; 1 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 1 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; 2 Samuel 5:21; 2 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 1 Corinthians 6:9,10; Ephesians 5:5; Revelation 22:15
- Eternal torments Revelation 14:9-11; 21:8
Exemplified
- Israel Exodus 32:1; 2 Kings 17:12
- Philistines Judges 16:23
- Micah Judges 17:4,5
- Jeroboam 1 Kings 12:28
- Maachah 1 Kings 15:13
- Ahab 1 Kings 16:31
- Jezebel 1 Kings 18:19
- Sennacherib 2 Kings 19:37
- Manasseh 2 Kings 21:4-7
- Amon 2 Kings 21:21
- Ahaz 2 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 1 Kings 15:12
- Josiah 2 Kings 23:5
- Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 17:6
- Israel 2 Chronicles 31:1
- Manasseh 2 Chronicles 33:15
All forms of, forbidden by the law of Moses Exodus 20:4,5
All heathen nations given up to Psalm 96:5; Romans 1:23,25; 1 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 1 Kings 20:23; 2 Kings 17:26
OBJECTS OF
- The heavenly bodies 2 Kings 23:5; Acts 7:42
- Angels Colossians 2:18
- Departed spirits 1 Samuel 28:14,15
- Earthly creatures Romans 1:23
- Images Deuteronomy 29:17; Psalm 115:4; Isaiah 44:17
Temples built for Hosea 8:14
Altars raised for 1 Kings 18:26; Hosea 8:11
Accompanied by feasts 2 Kings 10:20; 1 Corinthians 10:27,28
OBJECTS OF, WORSHIPPED
- With sacrifices Numbers 22:40; 2 Kings 10:24
- With libations Isaiah 57:6; Jeremiah 19:13
- With incense Jeremiah 48:35
- With prayer 1 Kings 18:26; Isaiah 44:17
- With singing and dancing Exodus 32:18,19; 1 Kings 18:26; 1 Corinthians 10:7
- By bowing to them 1 Kings 19:18; 2 Kings 5:18
- By kissing them 1 Kings 19:18; Hosea 13:2
- By kissing the hand to them Job 31:26,27
- By cutting the flesh 1 Kings 18:28
- By burning children Deuteronomy 12:31; 2 Chronicles 33:6; Jeremiah 19:4,5; Ezekiel 16:21
- In temples 2 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 2 Kings 23:12; Zephaniah 1:5
- In secret places Isaiah 57:8
Rites of, obscene and impure Exodus 32:25; Numbers 25:1-3; 2 Kings 17:9; Isaiah 57:6,8,9; 1 Peter 4:3
Divination connected with 2 Chronicles 33:6
Victims sacrificed in, often adorned with garlands Acts 14:13
IDOLS, &c MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Adrammelech 2 Kings 17:31
- Anammelech 2 Kings 17:31
- Ashima 2 Kings 17:30
- Ashtoreth Judges 2:13; 1 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 2 Kings 1:2,16
- Baal-zephon Exodus 14:2
- Bel Jeremiah 50:2; 51:44
- Chemosh Numbers 21:29; 1 Kings 11:33
- Chiun Amos 5:26
- Dagon Judges 16:23; 1 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; 1 Kings 11:5,33
- Merodach Jeremiah 50:2
- Nergal 2 Kings 17:30
- Nebo Isaiah 46:1
- Nibhaz and Tartak 2 Kings 17:31
- Nisroch 2 Kings 19:37
- Queen of heaven Jeremiah 44:17,25
- Remphan Acts 7:43
- Rimmon 2 Kings 5:18
- Succothbenoth 2 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; 1 Kings 12:27,28
- Followed the Canaanites in Judges 2:11-13; 1 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 1 Kings 11:5-8
Adopted by the wicked kings 1 Kings 21:26; 2 Kings 21:21; 2 Chronicles 28:2-4; 33:3,7
Example of the kings encouraged Israel in 1 Kings 12:30; 2 Kings 21:11; 2 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 2 Chronicles 15:16; 34:7
Captivity of Israel on account of 2 Kings 17:6-18
Captivity of Judah on account of 2 Kings 17:19-23

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