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Dictionaries :: Idolatry

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Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Idolatry: Forbidden

Exd 20:2,3; Deu 5:7

Idolatry: Consists In

Bowing down to images

Exd 20:5; Deu 5:9

Worshipping images

Isa 44:17; Dan 3:5,10,15

Sacrificing to images

Psa 106:38; Act 7:41

Worshipping other gods

Deu 30:17; Psa 81:9

Swearing by other gods

Exd 23:13; Jos 23:7

Walking after other gods

Deu 8:19

Speaking in the name of other gods

Deu 18:20

Looking to other gods

Hsa 3:1

Serving other gods

Deu 7:4; Jer 5:19

Fearing other gods

2Ki 17:35

Sacrificing to other gods

Exd 22:20

Worshipping the true God by an image, &c

Exd 32:4-6; Psa 106:19,20

Worshipping angels

Col 2:18

Worshipping the host of heaven

Deu 4:19; 17:3

Worshipping demons

Mat 4:9-10; Rev 9:20

Worshipping dead men

Psa 106:28

Setting up idols in the heart

Eze 14:3,4

Covetousness

Eph 5:5; Col 3:5

Sensuality

Phl 3:19

Idolatry: Is Changing the Glory of God into an Image

Rom 1:23; Act 17:29

Idolatry: Is Changing the Truth of God into a Lie

Rom 1:25; Isa 44:20

Idolatry: Is a Work of the Flesh

Gal 5:19,20

Idolatry: Incompatible with the Service of God

Gen 35:2,3; Jos 24:23; 1Sa 7:3; 1Ki 18:21; 2Cr 6:15,16

Idolatry: Described As

An abomination to God

Deu 7:25

Hateful to God

Deu 16:22; Jer 44:4

Vain and foolish

Psa 115:4-8; Isa 44:19; Jer 10:3

Bloody

Eze 23:39

Abominable

1Pe 4:3

Unprofitable

Jdg 10:14; Isa 46:7

Irrational

Act 17:29; Rom 1:21-23

Defiling

Eze 20:7; 36:18

Idolatry: They Who Practise

Forget God

Deu 8:19; Jer 18:15

Go astray from God

Eze 44:10

Pollute the name of God

Eze 20:39

Defile the sanctuary of God

Eze 5:11

Are estranged from God

Eze 14:5

Forsake God

2Ki 22:17; Jer 16:11

Hate God

2Ch 19:2,3

Provoke God

Deu 31:20; Isa 65:3; Jer 25:6

Are vain in their imaginations

Rom 1:21

Are ignorant and foolish

Rom 1:21,22

Inflame themselves

Isa 57:5

Hold fast their deceit

Jer 8:5

Carried away by it

1Cr 12:2

Go after it in heart

Eze 20:16

Are mad upon it

Jer 50:38

Boast of it

Psa 97:7

Have fellowship with devils

Hsa 4:12

Ask counsel of their idols

Hsa 4:12

Look to idols for deliverance

Isa 44:17; 45:20

Swear by their idols

Amo 8:14

Idolatry: Objects Of, Numerous

1Cr 8:5

Idolatry: Objects of Described As

Strange gods

Gen 35:2,4; Jos 24:20

Other gods

Jdg 2:12,17; 1Ki 14:9

New gods

Deu 32:17; Jdg 5:8

Gods that cannot save

Isa 45:20

Gods that have not made the heavens

Jer 10:11

No gods

Jer 5:7; Gal 4:8

Molten gods

Exd 34:17; Lev 19:4

Molten images

Deu 27:15; Hab 2:18

Graven images

Isa 45:20; Hsa 11:2

Senseless idols

Deu 4:28; Psa 115:5,7

Dumb idols

Hab 2:18

Dumb Stones

Hab 2:19

Stocks

Jer 3:9; Hsa 4:12

Abominations

Isa 44:19; Jer 32:34

Images of abomination

Eze 7:20

Idols of abomination

Eze 16:36

Stumbling blocks

Eze 14:3

Teachers of lies

Hab 2:18

Wind and confusion

Isa 41:29

Nothing

Isa 41:24; 1Cr 8:4

Helpless

Jer 10:5

Vanity

Jer 18:15

Vanities of the Gentiles

Jer 14:22

Idolatry: Making idols for the purpose of, described and ridiculed

Isa 44:10-20

Idolatry: Obstinate Sinners Judicially Given up To

Deu 4:28; 28:64; Hsa 4:17

Idolatry: Warnings Against

Deu 4:15-19

Idolatry: Exhortations to Turn From

Eze 14:6; 20:7; Act 14:15

Idolatry: Renounced on Conversion

1Th 1:9

Idolatry: Led to Abominable Sins

Rom 1:26-32; Act 15:20

Idolatry: Saints Should

Keep from

Jos 23:7; 1Jo 5:21

Flee from

1Cr 10:14

Not have anything connected with in their houses

Deu 7:26

Not partake of any thing connected with

1Cr 10:19,20

Not have religious intercourse with those who practise

Jos 23:7; 1Cr 5:11

Not covenant with those who practise

Exd 34:12,15; Deu 7:2

Not intermarry with those who practise

Exd 34:16; Deu 7:3

Testify against

Act 14:15; 19:26

Refuse to engage in, though threatened with death

Dan 3:18

Idolatry: Saints Preserved by God From

1Ki 19:18; Rom 11:4

Idolatry: Saints Refuse to Receive the Worship Of

Act 10:25,26; 14:11-15

Idolatry: Angels Refuse to Receive the Worship Of

Rev 22:8,9

Idolatry: Destruction Of, Promised

Eze 36:25; Zec 13:2

Idolatry: Everything Connected With, Should Be Destroyed

Exd 34:13; Deu 7:5; 2Sa 5:21; 2Ki 23:14

Idolatry: Woe Denounced Against

Hab 2:19

Idolatry: Curse Denounced Against

Deu 27:15

Idolatry: Punishment Of

Judicial death

Deu 17:2-5

Dreadful judgments which end in death

Jer 8:2; 16:1-11

Banishment

Jer 8:3; Hsa 8:5-8; Amo 5:26,27

Exclusion from heaven

1Cr 6:9,10; Eph 5:5; Rev 22:15

Eternal torments

Rev 14:9-11; 21:8

Idolatry: Exemplified

Israel

Exd 32:1; 2Ki 17:12

Philistines

Jdg 16:23

Micah

Jdg 17:4,5

Jeroboam

1Ki 12:28

Maachah

1Ki 15:13

Ahab

1Ki 16:31

Jezebel

1Ki 18:19

Sennacherib

2Ki 19:37

Manasseh

2Ki 21:4-7

Amon

2Ki 21:21

Ahaz

2Ch 28:3

Judah

Jer 11:13

Nebuchadnezzar

Dan 3:1

Belshazzar

Dan 5:23

People of Lystra

Act 14:11,12

Athenians

Act 17:16

Ephesians

Act 19:28

Idolatry: Zeal Against-Exemplified

Asa

1Ki 15:12

Josiah

2Ki 23:5

Jehoshaphat

2Ch 17:6

Israel

2Ch 31:1

Manasseh

2Ch 33:15

Idolatry: All Forms Of, Forbidden by the Law of Moses

Exd 20:4,5

Idolatry: All Heathen Nations Given up To

Psa 96:5; Rom 1:23,25; 1Cr 12:2

Idolatry: Led the heathen to think that their gods visited the earth in

Act 14:11

Idolatry: Led the heathen to consider their gods to have but a local

1Ki 20:23; 2Ki 17:26

Idolatry: Objects Of

The heavenly bodies

2Ki 23:5; Act 7:42

Angels

Col 2:18

Departed spirits

1Sa 28:14,15

Earthly creatures

Rom 1:23

Images

Deu 29:17; Psa 115:4; Isa 44:17

Idolatry: Temples Built For

Hsa 8:14

Idolatry: Altars Raised For

1Ki 18:26; Hsa 8:11

Idolatry: Accompanied by Feasts

2Ki 10:20; 1Cr 10:27,28

Idolatry: Objects Of, Worshipped

With sacrifices

Num 22:40; 2Ki 10:24

With libations

Isa 57:6; Jer 19:13

With incense

Jer 48:35

With prayer

1Ki 18:26; Isa 44:17

With singing and dancing

Exd 32:18,19; 1Ki 18:26; 1Cr 10:7

By bowing to them

1Ki 19:18; 2Ki 5:18

By kissing them

1Ki 19:18; Hsa 13:2

By kissing the hand to them

Job 31:26,27

By cutting the flesh

1Ki 18:28

By burning children

Deu 12:31; 2Ch 33:6; Jer 19:4,5; Eze 16:21

In temples

2Ki 5:18

On high places

Num 22:41; Jer 2:20

In groves

Exd 34:13

Under trees

Isa 57:5; Jer 2:20

In private houses

Jdg 17:4,5

On the tops of houses

2Ki 23:12; Zep 1:5

In secret places

Isa 57:8

Idolatry: Rites Of, Obscene and Impure

Exd 32:25; Num 25:1-3; 2Ki 17:9; Isa 57:6,8,9; 1Pe 4:3

Idolatry: Divination Connected With

2Ch 33:6

Idolatry: Victims sacrificed in, often adorned with garlands

Act 14:13

Idolatry: Idols, &c Mentioned in Scripture

Adrammelech

2Ki 17:31

Anammelech

2Ki 17:31

Ashima

2Ki 17:30

Ashtoreth

Jdg 2:13; 1Ki 11:33

Baal

Jdg 2:11-13; 6:25

Baal-berith

Jdg 8:33; 9:4,46

Baal-peor

Num 25:1-3

Baalzebub

2Ki 1:2,16

Baal-zephon

Exd 14:2

Bel

Jer 50:2; 51:44

Chemosh

Num 21:29; 1Ki 11:33

Chiun

Amo 5:26

Dagon

Jdg 16:23; 1Sa 5:1-3

Diana

Act 19:24,27

Huzzab

Nah 2:7

Jupiter

Act 14:12

Mercury

Act 14:12

Molech or Milcom

Lev 18:21; 1Ki 11:5,33

Merodach

Jer 50:2

Nergal

2Ki 17:30

Nebo

Isa 46:1

Nibhaz and Tartak

2Ki 17:31

Nisroch

2Ki 19:37

Queen of heaven

Jer 44:17,25

Remphan

Act 7:43

Rimmon

2Ki 5:18

Succothbenoth

2Ki 17:30

Tammuz

Eze 8:14

Idolatry: Objects Of, Carried in Procession

Isa 46:7; Amo 5:26; Act 7:43

Idolatry: Early Notice Of, Amongst God's Professing People

Gen 31:19,30; 35:1-4; Jos 24:2

Idolatry: The Jews

Practised, in Egypt

Jos 24:14; Eze 23:3,19

Brought, out of Egypt with them

Eze 23:8; Act 7:39-41

Forbidden to practise

Exd 20:1-5; 23:24

Often mixed up, with God's worship

Exd 32:1-5; 1Ki 12:27,28

Followed the Canaanites in

Jdg 2:11-13; 1Ch 5:25

Followed the Moabites in

Num 25:1-3

Followed the Assyrians in

Eze 16:28-30; 23:5-7

Followed the Syrians in

Jdg 10:6

Idolatry: Adopted by Solomon

1Ki 11:5-8

Idolatry: Adopted by the Wicked Kings

1Ki 21:26; 2Ki 21:21; 2Ch 28:2-4; 33:3,7

Idolatry: Example of the Kings Encouraged Israel In

1Ki 12:30; 2Ki 21:11; 2Ch 33:9

Idolatry: Great Prevalence Of, in Israel

Isa 2:8; Jer 2:28; Eze 8:10

Idolatry: A Virtual Forsaking of God

Jer 2:9-13

Idolatry: The Good Kings of Judah Endeavoured to Destroy

2Ch 15:16; 34:7

Idolatry: Captivity of Israel on Account Of

2Ki 17:6-18

Idolatry: Captivity of Judah on Account Of

2Ki 17:19-23

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