FALSE WORSHIP

(A) IDOLATRY

(1) Forbidden

Ge 35:2; Ex 20:4; Ex 34:17; Le 26:1; De 7:25; De 11:16; De 16:22
Ps 81:9; Isa 42:8; 1Jo 5:21

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(2) Prophecies concerning the Overthrow of

Isa 2:20; Isa 17:8; Jer 51:47; Jer 5:13; Zec 13:2

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(3) Idols Characterized,as

Insentiate
De 4:28; Ps 115:4

Perishable
Isa 40:20

Helpless
Isa 45:20; Jer 10:5; Ac 14:18

Unworthy of Worshipof Intelligent Beings
Ac 17:29

Degrading
Ro 23; 1Co 8:4; 1Co 12:2

(4) Examples of

Ex 32:4; Nu 25:2; Jud 3:7; 1Ki 12:32; 1Ki 16:31; 2Ki 17:12; 2Ki 21:21
2Ch 25:14; 2Ch 28:2; Da 3:7; Da 5:23; Ac 17:16; Ga 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
Da 3:1; Ho 8:4; Ho 13:2; Hab 2:18; Ac 19:24; Ro 1:23

(6) Vanity of

Jer 15; Jer 50:38; Jer 51:17; Da 5:23; Hab 2:18; Ac 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; Jer 5:4
1Co 8:5; 1Co 12:2; Ga 4:8

ASHTAROTHorASHTORETH,a goddess of the Phoenicians

Jud 2:13; Jud 10:6; 1Sa 7:3; 1Sa 31:10; 1Ki 11:33; 2Ki 23:13

BAALa god of Phoenicia and the Canaanitish Tribes

Nu 22:41; Jud 2:11; Jud 8:33; 1Ki 16:32; 1Ki 18:19; 1Ki 19:18
2Ki 28; 2Ki 21:3; 2Ch 24:7; Jer 2:8; Jer 7:9; Ho 2:8

BAAL-PEOR,a god of the Moabites

Nu 25:3; De 4:3; Jos 22:17; Ps 106:28; Ho 9:10

CHEMOSH,a god of the Moabites

Nu 21:29; Jud 11:24; 2Ki 23:13; Jer 48:7

DAGON,a god of the Philistines

Jud 16:23; 1Sa 5:2; 1Ch 10:10

DIANA,a goddess of the Ephesians

Ac 35

MOLECH,Moloch, or Milcom, a god of the Ammonites

Le 18:21; 2Ki 23:10; Jer 32:35; Am 5:26; Ac 7:43

(C) OTHER OBJECTS OF WORSHIP

(1) The Golden Calfmade by Aaron

Ex 32:4; De 9:16; Ne 9:18; Ps 106:19; Ac 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; Ho 10:5

(3) Heavenly Bodies

De 4:19; De 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

Ge 34; Jud 17:5; Jud 18:14; 1Sa 19:13; Ho 3:4

(5) Men Deifiedand Worshipped

Ac 12:22; Ac 14:11; Ac 28:6

(6) Devils Worshipped

Le 17:7; De 32:17; 2Ch 11:15; Ps 106:37; 1Co 10:20
Re 9:20; Re 13:4

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(D) PLACES DEVOTED TO IDOLATRY

(1) Idolatrous Altars

1Ki 16:32; 1Ki 18:26; Isa 27:9; Isa 65:3; Ho 8:11; Ac 17:23

(2) Idolatrous Temples

1Sa 5:2; 1Ki 12:31; 2Ki 5:18; 2Ki 10:21; 2Ch 36:7; Da 1:2; Ac 19:27

(3) High Places

Nu 22:41; 1Ki 11:7; 1Ki 12:31; 2Ki 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

De 12:2; De 16:21; Jud 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