Forbidden. Ex. 20:2, 3. Deut. 5:7.
CONSISTS IN
Bowing down to images. Ex. 20:5. Deut. 5:9.
Worshipping images. Isa. 44:17. Dan. 3:5, 10, 15.
Sacrificing to images. Psa. 106:38. Acts 7:41.
Worshipping other gods. Deut. 30:17.
Swearing by other gods. Ex. 23:13. Josh. 23:7.
Walking after other gods. Deut. 8:19.
Speaking in the name of other gods. Deut. 18:20.
Looking to other gods. Hos. 3:1.
Serving other gods. Deut. 7:4. Jer. 5:19.
Fearing other gods. 2 Kin. 17:35.
Sacrificing to other gods. Exo. 22:20.
Worshipping the true God by an image, &c. Ex. 32:4-6, with Psa. 106:19, 20.
Worshipping angels. Col. 2:18.
Worshipping the host of heaven. Deut. 4:19. Deut. 17:3.
Worshipping devils. Matt. 4:9, 10. Rev. 9:20.
Worshipping dead men. Psa. 106:28.
Setting up idols in the heart. Ezek. 14:3, 4.
Covetousness. Eph. 5:5. Col. 3:5.
Sensuality. Phi. 3:19.
Is changing the glory of God into an image. Rom. 1:23, with Acts 17:29.
Is changing the truth of God into a lie. Rom. 1:25, with Isa. 44:20.
Is a work of the flesh. Gal. 5:19, 20.
Incompatible with the service of God. Gen. 35:2, 3. Josh. 24:23. 1 Sam. 7:3. 1 Kin. 18:21. 2 Cor. 6:15, 16.
DESCRIBED AS
An abomination to God. Deut. 7:25.
Hateful to God. Deut. 16:22. Jer. 44:4.
Vain and foolish. Psa. 115:4-8. Isa. 44:19. Jer. 10:3.
Bloody. Ezek. 23:39.
Abominable. 1 Peter 4:3.
Unprofitable. Judg. 10:14. Isa. 46:7.
Irrational. Acts 17:29. Rom. 1:21-23.
Defiling. Ezek. 20:7. Ezek. 36:18.
THEY WHO PRACTICE,
Forget God. Deut. 8:19. Jer. 18:15.
Go astray from God. Ezek. 44:10.
Pollute the name of God. Ezek. 20:39
Defile the sanctuary of God. Ezek. 5:11.
Are estranged from God. Ezek. 14:5.
Forsake God. 2 Kin. 22:17. Jer. 16:11.
Hate God. 2 Chr. 19:2, 3.
Provoke God. Deut. 31:20. Isa, 65. 3. Jer. 25:6.
Are vain in their imaginations. Rom. 1:21.
Are ignorant and foolish. Rom. 1:21, 22.
Inflame themselves. Isa. 57:5.
Hold fast their deceit. Jer. 8:5.
Carried away by it. 1 Cor. 12:2.
Go after it in heart. Ezek. 20:16.
Are mad upon it. Jer. 50:38.
Boast of it. Psa. 97:7.
Have fellowship with devils. 1 Cor. 10:20.
Ask counsel of their idols. Hos. 4:12.
Look to idols for deliverance. Isa. 44:17. Isa. 45:20.
Swear by their idols. Amos 8:14.
Objects of, numerous. 1 Cor. 8:5.
OBJECTS OF, DESCRIBED AS
Strange gods. Gen. 35:2, 4. Josh. 24:20.
Other gods. Judg. 2:12, 13. 1 Kin. 14:9.
New gods. Deut. 32:17. Judg. 5:8.
Gods that cannot save. Isa. 45:20.
Gods that have not made the heavens. Jer. 10:11.
No gods. Jer. 5:7. Gal. 4:8.
Molten gods. Ex. 34:17. Lev. 19:4.
Molten images. Deut. 27:15. Hab. 2:18.
Graven images. Isa. 45:20. Hos. 11:2.
Senseless idols. Deut. 4:28, Psa. 115:5, 7.
Dumb idols. Hab. 2:18. 1 Cor. 12:2.
Dumb stones. Hab. 2:19.
Stocks. Jer. 3:9. Hos. 4:12.
Abominations. Isa. 44:19, Jer. 32:34.
Images of abomination. Ezek. 7:20.
Idols of abomination. Ezek. 16:36.
Stumbling blocks. Ezek. 14:3.
Teachers of lies. Hab. 2:18.
Wind and confusion. Isa. 41:29.
Nothing. Isa. 41:24. 1 Cor. 8:4.
Helpless. Jer. 10:5.
Vanity. Jer. 18:15.
Vanities of the Gentiles. Ter. 14: 22.
Making idols for the purpose of, described and ridiculed. Isa. 44:10-20.
Obstinate sinners judicially given up to. Deut. 4:28. Deut. 28:64. Hos. 4:17.
Warnings against. Deut. 4:15-19.
Exhortations to turn from. Ezek. 14:6. Ezek. 20:7. Acts 14:15.
Renounced on conversion. 1 Thess. 1:9.
Led to abominable sins. Rom. 1:26, 27-32. Acts 15:20.
SAINTS SHOULD
Keep from. Josh. 23:7. 1 John. 5:21.
Flee from. 1 Cor. 10:14.
Not have anything connected with, in their houses. Deut. 7:26.
Not partake of anything connected with. 1 Cor. 10:19, 20.
Not have religious intercourse with those who practice. Josh. 23:7. 1 Cor. 5:11.
Not covenant with those who practice. Ex. 34:12, 15. Deut. 7:2.
Not intermarry with those who practice. Ex. 34:16. Deut. 7:3.
Testify against. Acts 14:15. Acts 19:26.
Refuse to engage in, though threatened with death. Dan. 3:18.
Saints preserved by God from. 1 Kin. 19:18, with Rom. 11:4.
Saints refuse to receive the worship of. Acts 10:25, 26. Acts 14:11-15.
Angels refuse to receive the worship of. Rev. 22:8, 9.
Destruction of, promised. Ezek. 36:25. Zech. 13:2.
Everything connected with, should be destroyed. Ex. 34:13. Deut. 7:5. 2 Sam. 5:21. 2 Kin. 23:14.
Woe denounced against. Hab. 2:19. Curse denounced against. Deut. 27:15.
PUNISHMENT OF;
Judicial death. Deut. 17:2-5.
Dreadful judgments which end in death. Jer. 8:2. Jer. 16:1-11.
Banishment. Jer. 8:3. Hos. 8:5-8. Amos 5:26, 27.
Exclusion from heaven. 1 Cor. 6:9, 10. Eph. 5:5. Rev. 22:15.
Eternal torments. Rev. 14:9-11. Rev. 21:8.
Exemplified. Israel, Ex. 32:1. 2 Kin. 17:12. Philistines, Judg. 16:23. Micah, Judg. 17:4, 5. Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 12:28. Maachah, 1 Kin. 15:13. Ahab, 1 Kin. 16:31. Jezebel, 1 Kin. 18:19. Sennacherib, 2 Kin. 19:37. Manasseh, 2 Kin. 21: 4-7. Amon, 2 Kin. 21:21. Ahaz, 2 Chr. 28:3. Judah, Jer. 11:13. Nebuchadnezzar, Dan. 3:1. Belshazzar, Dan. 5:23. People of Lystra, Acts 14:11, 12. Athenians, Acts 17:16. Ephesians, Acts 19:28. Zeal against-Exemplified. Asa, 1 Kin. 15:12. Josiah, 2 Kin. 23:5. Jehoshaphat, 2 Chr. 17:6. Israel, 2 Chr. 31:1. Manasseh, 2 Chr. 33: 15.
All forms of, forbidden by the law of Moses. Ex. 20:4, 5.
All heathen nations given up to. Psa. 96:5. Rom. 1:23, 25. 1 Cor. 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 Kin. 20:23. 2 Kin. 17:26.
OBJECTS OF;
The heavenly bodies. 2 Kin. 23:5. Acts 7:42.
Angels. Col. 2:18.
Departed spirits. 1 Sam. 28:14, 15.
Earthly creatures. Rom. 1:23.
Images. Deut. 29:17. Psa. 115:4. Isa. 44:17.
Temples built for. Hos. 8:14.
Altars raised for. 1 Kin. 18:26. Hos. 8:11.
Accompanied by feasts. 2 Kin. 10: 20. 1 Cor. 10:27, 28.
OBJECTS OF, WORSHIPPED
With sacrifices. Num. 22:40. 2 Kin. 10:24.
With libations. Isa. 57:6. Jer. 19:13.
With incense. Jer. 48:35.
With prayer. 1 Kin. 18:26. Isa. 44:17.
With singing and dancing. Ex. 32:18, 19. 1 Kin. 18:26. (marg.) 1 Cor. 10:7.
By bowing to them. 1 Kin. 19:18. 2 Kin. 5:18.
By kissing them. 1 Kin. 19:18. Hos. 13:2.
By kissing the hand to them. Job 31:26, 27.
By cutting the flesh. 1 Kin. 18:28.
By burning children. Deut. 12:31. 2 Chr. 33:6. Jer. 19:4, 5. Eze. 16:21.
In temples. 2 Kin. 5:18.
On high places. Num. 22:41. Jer. 2:20.
In groves. Ex. 34:13.
Under trees. Isa. 57:5. Jer. 2:20.
In private houses. Judg. 17:4, 5.
On the tops of houses. 2 Kin. 23: 12. Zeph. 1:5.
In secret places. Isa. 57:8.
Rites of, obscene and impure. Ex. 32:25. Num. 25:1-3. 2 Kin. 17:9. Isa. 57:6, 8, 9. 1 Peter 4:3.
Divination connected with. 2 Chr. 33:6.
Victims sacrificed in, often adorned with garlands. Acts 14:13.
IDOLS, &C. MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE;
Adrammelech. 2 Kin. 17:31.
Anammelech. 2 Kin. 17:31.
Ashima. 2 Kin. 17:30.
Ashtoreth. Judg. 2:13. 1 Kin. 11: 33.
Baal. Judg. 2:11-13. Judg. 6:25.
Baal-berith. Judg. 8:33. Judg. 9:4, 46.
Baal-peor. Num. 25:1-3.
Baal-zebub. 2 Kin. 1:2, 16.
Baal-zephon. Ex. 14:2.
Bel. Jer. 50:2. Jer. 51:44.
Chemosh. Num. 21:29. 1 Kin. 11:33.
Chiun. Amos 5:26.
Dagon. Judg. 16:23. 1 Sam. 5:13.
Diana. Acts 19:24, 27.
Huzzab. Nah. 2:7.
Jupiter/ Acts 14:12.
Mercury. Acts 14:12.
Molech or Milcom. Lev. 18:21. 1 Kin. 11:5, 33.
Merodach. Jer. 50:2.
Nergal. 2 Kin. 17:30.
Nebo. Isa. 46:1.
Nibhaz and Tartak. 2 Kin. 17:31.
Nisroch. 2 Kin. 19:37.
Queen of heaven. Jer. 44:17, 25. Remphan. Acts 7:43.
Rimmon. 2 Kin. 5:18.
Succoth-benoth. 2 Kin. 17:30.
Tammuz. Ezek. 8:14.
Objects of, carried in procession. Isa. 46:7.
Amos 5:26. Acts 7:43.
Early notice of, amongst God's professing people. Gen. 31:19, 30. Gen. 35:1-4-. Josh. 24:2.
THE JEWS
Practiced, in Egypt. Josh. 24:14. Ezek. 23:3, 19.
Brought, out of Egypt with them. Ezek. 23:8, with Acts 7:39-41.
Forbidden to practice. Ex. 20:1-5. Ex. 23:24.
Often mixed up, with God's worship. Ex. 32:1-5. 1 Kin. 12:27, 28.
Followed the Canaanites in. Judg. 2:11-13. 1 Chron. 5:25.
Followed the Moabites in. Num. 25:1-3.
Followed the Assyrians in. Eze. 16:28-30. Ezek. 23:5-7.
Followed the Syrians in. Jud. 10:6.
Adopted by Solomon. 1 Kin. 11:5-8.
Adopted by the wicked kings. 1 Kin. 21:26. 2 Kin. 21:21. 2 Chr. 28:2-4. 2 Chr. 33:3, 7.
Example of the king’s encouraged Israel in. 1 Kin. 12:30. 2 Kin. 21: 11. 2 Chr. 33:9.
Great prevalence of, in Israel. Isa. 2:8. Jer. 2:28. Ezek. 8:10.
A virtual forsaking of God. Jer. 2:9-13.
The good kings of Judah endeavored to destroy. 2 Chr. 15:16. 2 Chr. 34:7.
Captivity of Israel on account of. 2 Kin. 17:6-18.
Captivity of Judah on account of. 2 Kin. 17:19-23.