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Idol

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Isaiah 44:9–20

They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 10:14

Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

1 John 5:21

My little children, guard yourselves from idols.

Exodus 20:3–5

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. — read the full passage →

Leviticus 19:4

Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.

Acts 17:29

Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.

Revelation 9:20

And the rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk:

Jeremiah 10:3–5

For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe. — read the full passage →

Romans 1:22–25

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, — read the full passage →

Psalms 135:15–18

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands. — read the full passage →

Psalms 115:4–8

Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 4:15–19

Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that Jehovah spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire; — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 6:9–10

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →

Leviticus 26:1

Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God.

Romans 1:22–23

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 5:7–9

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 2:8

Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

Luke 16:13

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Exodus 20:4–5

Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor 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 →

Deuteronomy 27:15

Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Exodus 20:3–4

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. — read the full passage →

Matthew 4:10

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

Habakkuk 2:18–20

What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? — read the full passage →

Habakkuk 2:18–19

What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? — read the full passage →

Habakkuk 2:18

What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

2 Kings 17:12

and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

2 Kings 17:35–38

with whom Jehovah had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 7:25–26

The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God. — read the full passage →

Exodus 32:1–8

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. — read the full passage →

Galatians 5:19–21

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Colossians 3:5

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

Acts 15:20

but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

Jonah 2:8

They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.

1 Samuel 7:2–3

And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 51:17–18

Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 12:2

Ye know that when ye were Gentiles ye were led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever ye might be led.

Acts 17:16

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.

1 Samuel 12:21

and turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

Exodus 20:3–6

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. — read the full passage →

Galatians 6:7–8

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →

Exodus 20:1–6

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

Romans 12:1

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Deuteronomy 5:8–9

Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of anything 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 →

Acts 17:16–29

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols. — read the full passage →

Luke 16:10–12

He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much. — read the full passage →

Exodus 34:17

Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

James 1:22–27

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →

Colossians 3:1

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

Romans 12:2

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

Matthew 15:7–9

Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 6:14

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

2 Corinthians 5:17

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

Matthew 16:26

For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

Isaiah 44:9–11

They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 28:27

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

Deuteronomy 5:7–8

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. — read the full passage →

Revelation 21:8

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

Revelation 9:20–21

And the rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk: — read the full passage →

Ephesians 4:31–32

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →

Galatians 5:20

idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,

Galatians 5:19–20

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 8:6

yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.

1 Corinthians 8:4–6

Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one. — read the full passage →

Romans 1:24–27

Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves: — read the full passage →

Romans 1:23

and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

Acts 17:24–29

The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; — read the full passage →

Acts 17:22–29

And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things I perceive that ye are very religious. — read the full passage →

Acts 17:16–34

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols. — read the full passage →

Acts 17:16–23

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols. — read the full passage →

Hosea 14:8

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.

Ezekiel 14:3

Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?

Jeremiah 51:17

Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 10:1–5

Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: — read the full passage →

Isaiah 45:20

Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

Isaiah 45:16

They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols.

Isaiah 2:18

And the idols shall utterly pass away.

Psalms 97:7

Let all them be put to shame that serve graven images, That boast themselves of idols: Worship him, all ye gods.

2 Kings 17:35–39

with whom Jehovah had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: — read the full passage →

1 Kings 18:21–39

And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long go ye limping between the two sides? if Jehovah be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. — read the full passage →

1 Kings 16:31–33

And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. — read the full passage →

1 Kings 12:28

Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 11:5

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

Judges 10:14

Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.

Deuteronomy 4:16–18

lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, — read the full passage →

Exodus 32:4–6

And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. — read the full passage →

Exodus 32:1–6

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. — read the full passage →

Exodus 32:1–4

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. — read the full passage →

James 2:1

My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lordof glory, with respect of persons.

Colossians 3:7–8

wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things; — read the full passage →

Philippians 3:18–19

For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: — read the full passage →

Philippians 2:11

and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Ephesians 5:5

For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Ephesians 5:1–7

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

Romans 13:8–10

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

Acts 20:35

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Luke 10:25–28

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? — read the full passage →

Luke 6:38

give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

Luke 6:32–42

And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love those that love them. — read the full passage →

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