Ancestral Worship

When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. — read the full passage →

The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.

Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. — read the full passage →

For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: — read the full passage →

That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:

Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. — read the full passage →

And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. — read the full passage →

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. — read the full passage →

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: — read the full passage →

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;

All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.

Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. — read the full passage →

Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.

Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. — read the full passage →

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. — read the full passage →

And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: — read the full passage →

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →

Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. — read the full passage →

O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.