Forbidden Exodus 20:2, 3, Deuteronomy 5:7

Consists In

Bowing down to images Exodus 20:5, Deuteronomy 5:9

Worshipping images Isaiah 44:17, Daniel 3:5, 10, 15

Sacrificing to images Psalm 106:38, Acts 7:41

Worshipping other gods Deuteronomy 30:17, Psalm 81:9

Swearing by other gods Exodus 23:13, Joshua 23:7

Walking after other gods Deuteronomy 8:19

Speaking in the name of other gods Deuteronomy 18:20

Looking to other gods Hosea 3:1

Serving other gods Deuteronomy 7:4, Jeremiah 5:19

Fearing other gods 2 Kings 17:35

Sacrificing to other gods Exodus 22:20

Worshipping the true God by an image, &c Exodus 32:4-6, Psalm 106:19, 20

Worshipping angels Colossians 2:18

Worshipping the host of heaven Deuteronomy 4:19, 17:3

Worshipping demons Matthew 4:9-10, Revelation 9:20

Worshipping dead men Psalm 106:28

Setting up idols in the heart Ezekiel 14:3, 4

Covetousness Ephesians 5:5, Colossians 3:5

Sensuality Philippians 3:19

Is Changing the Glory of God into an Image Romans 1:23, Acts 17:29

Is Changing the Truth of God into a Lie Romans 1:25, Isaiah 44:20

Is a Work of the Flesh Galatians 5:19, 20

Incompatible with the Service of God Genesis 35:2, 3, Joshua 24:23, 1 Samuel 7:3, 1 Kings 18:21, 2 Corinthians 6:15, 16

Described As

An abomination to God Deuteronomy 7:25

Hateful to God Deuteronomy 16:22, Jeremiah 44:4

Vain and foolish Psalm 115:4-8, Isaiah 44:19, Jeremiah 10:3

Bloody Ezekiel 23:39

Abominable 1 Peter 4:3

Unprofitable Judges 10:14, Isaiah 46:7

Irrational Acts 17:29, Romans 1:21-23

Defiling Ezekiel 20:7, 36:18

They Who Practise

Forget God Deuteronomy 8:19, Jeremiah 18:15

Go astray from God Ezekiel 44:10

Pollute the name of God Ezekiel 20:39

Defile the sanctuary of God Ezekiel 5:11

Are estranged from God Ezekiel 14:5

Forsake God 2 Kings 22:17, Jeremiah 16:11

Hate God 2 Chronicles 19:2, 3

Provoke God Deuteronomy 31:20, Isaiah 65:3, Jeremiah 25:6

Are vain in their imaginations Romans 1:21

Are ignorant and foolish Romans 1:21, 22

Inflame themselves Isaiah 57:5

Hold fast their deceit Jeremiah 8:5

Carried away by it 1 Corinthians 12:2

Go after it in heart Ezekiel 20:16

Are mad upon it Jeremiah 50:38

Boast of it Psalm 97:7

Have fellowship with devils Hosea 4:12

Ask counsel of their idols Hosea 4:12

Look to idols for deliverance Isaiah 44:17, 45:20

Swear by their idols Amos 8:14

Objects Of, Numerous 1 Corinthians 8:5

Objects of Described As

Strange gods Genesis 35:2, 4, Joshua 24:20

Other gods Judges 2:12, 17, 1 Kings 14:9

New gods Deuteronomy 32:17, Judges 5:8

Gods that cannot save Isaiah 45:20

Gods that have not made the heavens Jeremiah 10:11

No gods Jeremiah 5:7, Galatians 4:8

Molten gods Exodus 34:17, Leviticus 19:4

Molten images Deuteronomy 27:15, Habakkuk 2:18

Graven images Isaiah 45:20, Hosea 11:2

Senseless idols Deuteronomy 4:28, Psalm 115:5, 7

Dumb idols Habakkuk 2:18

Dumb Stones Habakkuk 2:19

Stocks Jeremiah 3:9, Hosea 4:12

Abominations Isaiah 44:19, Jeremiah 32:34

Images of abomination Ezekiel 7:20

Idols of abomination Ezekiel 16:36

Stumbling blocks Ezekiel 14:3

Teachers of lies Habakkuk 2:18

Wind and confusion Isaiah 41:29

Nothing Isaiah 41:24, 1 Corinthians 8:4

Helpless Jeremiah 10:5

Vanity Jeremiah 18:15

Vanities of the Gentiles Jeremiah 14:22

Making idols for the purpose of, described and ridiculed Isaiah 44:10-20

Obstinate Sinners Judicially Given up To Deuteronomy 4:28, 28:64, Hosea 4:17

Warnings Against Deuteronomy 4:15-19

Exhortations to Turn From Ezekiel 14:6, 20:7, Acts 14:15

Renounced on Conversion 1 Thessalonians 1:9

Led to Abominable Sins Romans 1:26-32, Acts 15:20

Saints Should

Keep from Joshua 23:7, 1 John 5:21

Flee from 1 Corinthians 10:14

Not have anything connected with in their houses Deuteronomy 7:26

Not partake of any thing connected with 1 Corinthians 10:19, 20

Not have religious intercourse with those who practise Joshua 23:7, 1 Corinthians 5:11

Not covenant with those who practise Exodus 34:12, 15, Deuteronomy 7:2

Not intermarry with those who practise Exodus 34:16, Deuteronomy 7:3

Testify against Acts 14:15, 19:26

Refuse to engage in, though threatened with death Daniel 3:18

Saints Preserved by God From 1 Kings 19:18, Romans 11:4

Saints Refuse to Receive the Worship Of Acts 10:25, 26, 14:11-15

Angels Refuse to Receive the Worship Of Revelation 22:8, 9

Destruction Of, Promised Ezekiel 36:25, Zechariah 13:2

Everything Connected With, Should Be Destroyed Exodus 34:13, Deuteronomy 7:5, 2 Samuel 5:21, 2 Kings 23:14

Woe Denounced Against Habakkuk 2:19

Curse Denounced Against Deuteronomy 27:15

Punishment Of

Judicial death Deuteronomy 17:2-5

Dreadful judgments which end in death Jeremiah 8:2, 16:1-11

Banishment Jeremiah 8:3, Hosea 8:5-8, Amos 5:26, 27

Exclusion from heaven 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10, Ephesians 5:5, Revelation 22:15

Eternal torments Revelation 14:9-11, 21:8

Exemplified

Israel Exodus 32:1, 2 Kings 17:12

Philistines Judges 16:23

Micah Judges 17:4, 5

Jeroboam 1 Kings 12:28

Maachah 1 Kings 15:13

Ahab 1 Kings 16:31

Jezebel 1 Kings 18:19

Sennacherib 2 Kings 19:37

Manasseh 2 Kings 21:4-7

Amon 2 Kings 21:21

Ahaz 2 Chronicles 28:3

Judah Jeremiah 11:13

Nebuchadnezzar Daniel 3:1

Belshazzar Daniel 5:23

People of Lystra Acts 14:11, 12

Athenians Acts 17:16

Ephesians Acts 19:28

Zeal Against-Exemplified

Asa 1 Kings 15:12

Josiah 2 Kings 23:5

Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 17:6

Israel 2 Chronicles 31:1

Manasseh 2 Chronicles 33:15

All Forms Of, Forbidden by the Law of Moses Exodus 20:4, 5

All Heathen Nations Given up To Psalm 96:5, Romans 1:23, 25, 1 Corinthians 12:2

Led the heathen to think that their gods visited the earth in Acts 14:11

Led the heathen to consider their gods to have but a local 1 Kings 20:23, 2 Kings 17:26

Objects Of

The heavenly bodies 2 Kings 23:5, Acts 7:42

Angels Colossians 2:18

Departed spirits 1 Samuel 28:14, 15

Earthly creatures Romans 1:23

Images Deuteronomy 29:17, Psalm 115:4, Isaiah 44:17

Temples Built For Hosea 8:14

Altars Raised For 1 Kings 18:26, Hosea 8:11

Accompanied by Feasts 2 Kings 10:20, 1 Corinthians 10:27, 28

Objects Of, Worshipped

With sacrifices Numbers 22:40, 2 Kings 10:24

With libations Isaiah 57:6, Jeremiah 19:13

With incense Jeremiah 48:35

With prayer 1 Kings 18:26, Isaiah 44:17

With singing and dancing Exodus 32:18, 19, 1 Kings 18:26, 1 Corinthians 10:7

By bowing to them 1 Kings 19:18, 2 Kings 5:18

By kissing them 1 Kings 19:18, Hosea 13:2

By kissing the hand to them Job 31:26, 27

By cutting the flesh 1 Kings 18:28

By burning children Deuteronomy 12:31, 2 Chronicles 33:6, Jeremiah 19:4, 5, Ezekiel 16:21

In temples 2 Kings 5:18

On high places Numbers 22:41, Jeremiah 2:20

In groves Exodus 34:13

Under trees Isaiah 57:5, Jeremiah 2:20

In private houses Judges 17:4, 5

On the tops of houses 2 Kings 23:12, Zephaniah 1:5

In secret places Isaiah 57:8

Rites Of, Obscene and Impure Exodus 32:25, Numbers 25:1-3, 2 Kings 17:9, Isaiah 57:6, 8, 9, 1 Peter 4:3

Divination Connected With 2 Chronicles 33:6

Victims sacrificed in, often adorned with garlands Acts 14:13

Idols, &c Mentioned in Scripture

Adrammelech 2 Kings 17:31

Anammelech 2 Kings 17:31

Ashima 2 Kings 17:30

Ashtoreth Judges 2:13, 1 Kings 11:33

Baal Judges 2:11-13, 6:25

Baal-berith Judges 8:33, 9:4, 46

Baal-peor Numbers 25:1-3

Baalzebub 2 Kings 1:2, 16

Baal-zephon Exodus 14:2

Bel Jeremiah 50:2, 51:44

Chemosh Numbers 21:29, 1 Kings 11:33

Chiun Amos 5:26

Dagon Judges 16:23, 1 Samuel 5:1-3

Diana Acts 19:24, 27

Huzzab Nahum 2:7

Jupiter Acts 14:12

Mercury Acts 14:12

Molech or Milcom Leviticus 18:21, 1 Kings 11:5, 33

Merodach Jeremiah 50:2

Nergal 2 Kings 17:30

Nebo Isaiah 46:1

Nibhaz and Tartak 2 Kings 17:31

Nisroch 2 Kings 19:37

Queen of heaven Jeremiah 44:17, 25

Remphan Acts 7:43

Rimmon 2 Kings 5:18

Succothbenoth 2 Kings 17:30

Tammuz Ezekiel 8:14

Objects Of, Carried in Procession Isaiah 46:7, Amos 5:26, Acts 7:43

Early Notice Of, Amongst God's Professing People Genesis 31:19, 30, 35:1-4, Joshua 24:2

The Jews

Practised, in Egypt Joshua 24:14, Ezekiel 23:3, 19

Brought, out of Egypt with them Ezekiel 23:8, Acts 7:39-41

Forbidden to practise Exodus 20:1-5, 23:24

Often mixed up, with God's worship Exodus 32:1-5, 1 Kings 12:27, 28

Followed the Canaanites in Judges 2:11-13, 1 Chronicles 5:25

Followed the Moabites in Numbers 25:1-3

Followed the Assyrians in Ezekiel 16:28-30, 23:5-7

Followed the Syrians in Judges 10:6

Adopted by Solomon 1 Kings 11:5-8

Adopted by the Wicked Kings 1 Kings 21:26, 2 Kings 21:21, 2 Chronicles 28:2-4, 33:3, 7

Example of the Kings Encouraged Israel In 1 Kings 12:30, 2 Kings 21:11, 2 Chronicles 33:9

Great Prevalence Of, in Israel Isaiah 2:8, Jeremiah 2:28, Ezekiel 8:10

A Virtual Forsaking of God Jeremiah 2:9-13

The Good Kings of Judah Endeavoured to Destroy 2 Chronicles 15:16, 34:7

Captivity of Israel on Account Of 2 Kings 17:6-18

Captivity of Judah on Account Of 2 Kings 17:19-23