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Idolatry:

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
  (Psalms 106:38; Acts 7:41)
- Worshipping other gods
  (Deuteronomy 30:17; Psalms 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; Psalms 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
  (Psalms 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
  (Psalms 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
  (Psalms 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; Psalms 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
(Psalms 96:5; Romans 1:23,25; 1 Corinthians 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 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; Psalms 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)

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