FALSE WORSHIP
FALSE WORSHIP
(A) IDOLATRY
(1) Forbidden
Gen 35:2; Exo 20:4; Exo 34:17; Lev 26:1; Deu 7:25; Deu 11:16; Deu 16:22
Psa 81:9; Isa 42:8; 1Jo 5:21
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& RELIGIOUS REFORMS
(2) Prophecies concerning the Overthrow of
Isa 2:20; Isa 17:8; Jer 51:47; Mic 5:13; Zec 13:2
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(3) Idols Characterized, as
Insentiate
Deu 4:28; Psa 115:4
Perishable
Isa 40:20
Helpless
Isa 45:20; Jer 10:5; Act 14:18
Unworthy of Worship of Intelligent Beings
Act 17:29
Degrading
Rom 1:22; Rom 1:23; 1Co 8:4; 1Co 12:2
(4) Examples of
Exo 32:4; Num 25:2; Jdg 3:7; 1Ki 12:32; 1Ki 16:31; 2Ki 17:12; 2Ki 21:21
2Ch 25:14; 2Ch 28:2; Dan 3:7; Dan 5:23; Act 17:16; Gal 4:8
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(5) Making of Idols
Isa 40:19; Isa 44:10; Isa 46:6; Jer 10:3; Eze 7:20; Eze 16:17; Eze 22:3
Dan 3:1; Hos 8:4; Hos 13:2; Hab 2:18; Act 19:24; Rom 1:23
(6) Vanity of
Jer 10:5; Jer 10:15; Jer 50:38; Jer 51:17; Dan 5:23; Hab 2:18; Act 17:29; 1Co 10:19
(B) FALSE GODS AND GODDESSES, General References to
1Ch 16:26; Isa 2:8; Jer 2:11; Jer 11:12; Jer 16:20; Dan5:4
1Co 8:5; 1Co 12:2; Gal 4:8
ASHTAROTH or ASHTORETH, a goddess of the Phoenicians
Jdg 2:13; Jdg 10:6; 1Sa 7:3; 1Sa 31:10; 1Ki 11:33; 2Ki 23:13
BAAL a god of Phoenicia and the Canaanitish Tribes
Num 22:41; Jdg 2:11; Jdg 8:33; 1Ki 16:32; 1Ki 18:19; 1Ki 19:18
I10:18; I10:28; I21:3; 2Ch 24:7; Jer 2:8; Jer 7:9; Hos 2:8
BAAL-PEOR, a god of the Moabites
Num 25:3; Deu 4:3; Jos 22:17; Psa 106:28; Hos 9:10
CHEMOSH, a god of the Moabites
Num 21:29; Jdg 11:24; 2Ki 23:13; Jer 48:7
DAGON, a god of the Philistines
Jdg 16:23; 1Sa 5:2; 1Ch 10:10
DIANA, a goddess of the Ephesians
Act 19:24; Act 19:28; Act 19:35
MOLECH, Moloch, or Milcom, a god of the Ammonites
Lev 18:21; 2Ki 23:10; Jer 32:35; Amo 5:26; Act 7:43
(C) OTHER OBJECTS OF WORSHIP
(1) The Golden Calf made by Aaron
Exo 32:4; Deu 9:16; Neh 9:18; Psa 106:19; Act 7:41
(2) The Golden Calves of Jeroboam, set up in Dan and Bethel
1Ki 12:28; 2Ki 10:29; 2Ki 17:16; 2Ch 11:15; 2Ch 13:8; Hos 10:5
(3) Heavenly Bodies
Deu 4:19; Deu 17:3; 2Ki 17:16; 2Ki 21:3; Job 31:26; Jer 8:2; Jer 19:13; Jer 44:17
Eze 8:16; Zep 1:5
(4) Teraphim, images, household gods
Gen 31:19; Gen 31:34; Jdg 17:5; Jdg 18:14; 1Sa 19:13; Hos 3:4
(5) Men Deified and Worshipped
Act 12:22; Act 14:11; Act 28:6
(6) Devils Worshipped
Lev 17:7; Deu 32:17; 2Ch 11:15; Psa 106:37; 1Co 10:20
Rev 9:20; Rev 13:4
— Brazen Serpent. See BRAZEN SERPENT
(D) PLACES DEVOTED TO IDOLATRY
(1) Idolatrous Altars
1Ki 16:32; 1Ki 18:26; Isa 27:9; Isa 65:3; Hos 8:11; Act 17:23
(2) Idolatrous Temples
1Sa 5:2; 1Ki 12:31; 2Ki 5:18; 2Ki 10:21; 2Ch 36:7; Dan 1:2; Act 19:27
(3) High Places
Num 22:41; 1Ki 11:7; 1Ki 12:31; 2Ki 17:9; 2Ki 17:29; 2Ki 18:4; 2Ki 21:3; 2Ki 23:5
2Ch 11:15; 2Ch 17:6
(4) Groves (Asherah or Asherim) places where shrines were located
Deu 12:2; Deu 16:21; Jdg 6:25; 1Ki 14:15; 1Ki 16:33; 2Ki 18:4; 2Ki 21:3; 2Ki 23:14
2Ch 14:3; 2Ch 17:6; Isa 17:8