Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
To gods
To new gods
General references
Bible References
Sacrificed
Leviticus 17:7
And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the he-goats, after which they play the harlot. This shall be a statute forever unto them throughout their generations.
Psalm 106:37
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
1 Corinthians 10:20
But I say , that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with demons.
1 Timothy 4:1
But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
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:
Not to god
Deuteronomy 32:21
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
Jeremiah 10:15
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
1 Corinthians 8:4
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.
1 Corinthians 10:19
What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
To gods
Deuteronomy 28:64
And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.
Isaiah 44:8
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and showed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.
To new gods
Judges 5:8
They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
General references
Amos 5:25
Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?