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CONSISTS IN
- Bowing down to images Ex 20:5; De 5:9
- Worshipping images Isa 44:17; Da 3:5,10,15
- Sacrificing to images Ps 106:38; Ac 7:41
- Worshipping other gods De 30:17; Ps 81:9
- Swearing by other gods Ex 23:13; Jos 23:7
- Walking after other gods De 8:19
- Speaking in the name of other gods De 18:20
- Looking to other gods Ho 3:1
- Serving other gods De 7:4; Jer 5:19
- Fearing other gods 2Ki 17:35
- Sacrificing to other gods Ex 22:20
- Worshipping the true God by an image, &c Ex 32:4-6; Ps 106:19,20
- Worshipping angels Col 2:18
- Worshipping the host of heaven De 4:19; 17:3
- Worshipping demons Mt 4:9-10; Re 9:20
- Worshipping dead men Ps 106:28
- Setting up idols in the heart Eze 14:3,4
- Covetousness Eph 5:5; Col 3:5
- Sensuality Php 3:19
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Is changing the glory of God into an image Ro 1:23; Ac 17:29
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Is a work of the flesh Ga 5:19,20
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Incompatible with the service of God Ge 35:2,3; Jos 24:23; 1Sa 7:3; 1Ki 18:21; 2Co 6:15,16
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DESCRIBED AS
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THEY WHO PRACTISE
- Forget God De 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 De 31:20; Isa 65:3; Jer 25:6
- Are vain in their imaginations Ro 1:21
- Are ignorant and foolish Ro 1:21,22
- Inflame themselves Isa 57:5
- Hold fast their deceit Jer 8:5
- Carried away by it 1Co 12:2
- Go after it in heart Eze 20:16
- Are mad upon it Jer 50:38
- Boast of it Ps 97:7
- Have fellowship with devils Ho 4:12
- Ask counsel of their idols Ho 4:12
- Look to idols for deliverance Isa 44:17; 45:20
- Swear by their idols Am 8:14
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Objects of, numerous 1Co 8:5
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OBJECTS OF DESCRIBED AS
- Strange gods Ge 35:2,4; Jos 24:20
- Other gods Jud 2:12,17; 1Ki 14:9
- New gods De 32:17; Jud 5:8
- Gods that cannot save Isa 45:20
- Gods that have not made the heavens Jer 10:11
- No gods Jer 5:7; Ga 4:8
- Molten gods Ex 34:17; Le 19:4
- Molten images De 27:15; Hab 2:18
- Graven images Isa 45:20; Ho 11:2
- Senseless idols De 4:28; Ps 115:5,7
- Dumb idols Hab 2:18
- Dumb Stones Hab 2:19
- Stocks Jer 3:9; Ho 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; 1Co 8:4
- Helpless Jer 10:5
- Vanity Jer 18:15
- Vanities of the Gentiles Jer 14:22
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Making idols for the purpose of, described and ridiculed Isa 44:10-20
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Obstinate sinners judicially given up to De 4:28; 28:64; Ho 4:17
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Warnings against De 4:15-19
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Renounced on conversion 1Th 1:9
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Led to abominable sins Ro 1:26-32; Ac 15:20
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SAINTS SHOULD
- Keep from Jos 23:7; 1Jo 5:21
- Flee from 1Co 10:14
- Not have anything connected with in their houses De 7:26
- Not partake of any thing connected with 1Co 10:19,20
- Not have religious intercourse with those who practise Jos 23:7; 1Co 5:11
- Not covenant with those who practise Ex 34:12,15; De 7:2
- Not intermarry with those who practise Ex 34:16; De 7:3
- Testify against Ac 14:15; 19:26
- Refuse to engage in, though threatened with death Da 3:18
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Saints refuse to receive the worship of Ac 10:25,26; 14:11-15
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Angels refuse to receive the worship of Re 22:8,9
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Everything connected with, should be destroyed Ex 34:13; De 7:5; 2Sa 5:21; 2Ki 23:14
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Woe denounced against Hab 2:19
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Curse denounced against De 27:15
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PUNISHMENT OF
- Judicial death De 17:2-5
- Dreadful judgments which end in death Jer 8:2; 16:1-11
- Banishment Jer 8:3; Ho 8:5-8; Am 5:26,27
- Exclusion from heaven 1Co 6:9,10; Eph 5:5; Re 22:15
- Eternal torments Re 14:9-11; 21:8
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Exemplified
- Israel Ex 32:1; 2Ki 17:12
- Philistines Jud 16:23
- Micah Jud 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 Da 3:1
- Belshazzar Da 5:23
- People of Lystra Ac 14:11,12
- Athenians Ac 17:16
- Ephesians Ac 19:28
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Zeal against-Exemplified
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All forms of, forbidden by the law of Moses Ex 20:4,5
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All heathen nations given up to Ps 96:5; Ro 1:23,25; 1Co 12:2
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Led the heathen to think that their gods visited the earth in bodily shapesAc 14:11
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Led the heathen to consider their gods to have but a local influence1Ki 20:23; 2Ki 17:26
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OBJECTS OF
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Temples built for Ho 8:14
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Accompanied by feasts 2Ki 10:20; 1Co 10:27,28
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OBJECTS OF, WORSHIPPED
- With sacrifices Nu 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 Ex 32:18,19; 1Ki 18:26; 1Co 10:7
- By bowing to them 1Ki 19:18; 2Ki 5:18
- By kissing them 1Ki 19:18; Ho 13:2
- By kissing the hand to them Job 31:26,27
- By cutting the flesh 1Ki 18:28
- By burning children De 12:31; 2Ch 33:6; Jer 19:4,5; Eze 16:21
- In temples 2Ki 5:18
- On high places Nu 22:41; Jer 2:20
- In groves Ex 34:13
- Under trees Isa 57:5; Jer 2:20
- In private houses Jud 17:4,5
- On the tops of houses 2Ki 23:12; Zep 1:5
- In secret places Isa 57:8
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Rites of, obscene and impure Ex 32:25; Nu 25:1-3; 2Ki 17:9; Isa 57:6,8,9; 1Pe 4:3
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Divination connected with #2Ch 33:6|
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Victims sacrificed in, often adorned with garlands #Ac 14:13|
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IDOLS, &c MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Adrammelech #2Ki 17:31|
- Anammelech #2Ki 17:31|
- Ashima #2Ki 17:30|
- Ashtoreth #Jud 2:13; 1Ki 11:33|
- Baal #Jud 2:11-13; 6:25|
- Baal-berith #Jud 8:33; 9:4,46|
- Baal-peor #Nu 25:1-3|
- Baalzebub #2Ki 1:2,16|
- Baal-zephon #Ex 14:2|
- Bel #Jer 50:2; 51:44|
- Chemosh #Nu 21:29; 1Ki 11:33|
- Chiun #Am 5:26|
- Dagon #Jud 16:23; 1Sa 5:1-3|
- Diana #Ac 19:24,27|
- Huzzab #Na 2:7|
- Jupiter #Ac 14:12|
- Mercury #Ac 14:12|
- Molech or Milcom #Le 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 #Ac 7:43|
- Rimmon 2Ki 5:18
- Succothbenoth #2Ki 17:30|
- Tammuz #Eze 8:14|
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Objects of, carried in procession #Isa 46:7; Am 5:26; Ac 7:43|
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Early notice of, amongst God's professing people #Ge 31:19,30; 35:1-4; Jos 24:2|
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THE JEWS
- Practised, in Egypt #Jos 24:14; Eze 23:3,19|
- Brought, out of Egypt with them #Eze 23:8; Ac 7:39-41|
- Forbidden to practise #Ex 20:1-5; 23:24|
- Often mixed up, with God's worship #Ex 32:1-5; 1Ki 12:27,28|
- Followed the Canaanites in #Jud 2:11-13; 1Ch 5:25|
- Followed the Moabites in #Nu 25:1-3|
- Followed the Assyrians in #Eze 16:28-30; 23:5-7|
- Followed the Syrians in #Jud 10:6|
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Adopted by Solomon #1Ki 11:5-8|
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Adopted by the wicked kings #1Ki 21:26; 2Ki 21:21; 2Ch 28:2-4; 33:3,7|
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Example of the kings encouraged Israel in #1Ki 12:30; 2Ki 21:11; 2Ch 33:9|
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Great prevalence of, in Israel #Isa 2:8; Jer 2:28; Eze 8:10|
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A virtual forsaking of God #Jer 2:9-13|
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The good kings of Judah endeavoured to destroy #2Ch 15:16; 34:7|
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Captivity of Israel on account of #2Ki 17:6-18|
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Captivity of Judah on account of #2Ki 17:19-23|