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You have seen their detestable practices, their idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold that they had with them. Verse ConceptsGoldStones

Their idols are silver and gold, crafted by human hands. Verse ConceptsGoldhumanitystatues

And the rest of it he makes into a god. To blocks of wood he bows down, worships, prays, and says, "Save me, since you are my god." Verse ConceptsBowingReligionIdolatry Consists OfPraying Amissimage

As they drank the wine, they praised gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. Verse ConceptsGoldIronDrunkenness, Examples OfBrassDrinking WineWood And StoneBronze For Idols

You know that when you were unbelievers, you were enticed and led astray to worship idols that couldn't even speak. Verse ConceptsDumbnessMutenessPagansPolytheismCarrying IdolsDumbdiscriminationstatuesHinduism

Has a nation ever changed gods when they aren't even gods? But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not profit. Verse ConceptsNegotiationPolytheismExchanging Good For BadGod Bestowing GloryNo Help In Other Gods

For all of the gods of the other nations are mere idols, but the LORD fashioned the heavens! Verse ConceptsAstronomyCreation Of The Physical Heavens

The towns of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they'll be no help at all to them in the time of their disaster. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorFalse ReligionemptinessIncense Offered AmissIdolatryThings Which Cannot SaveServing One's Own GodsNo Help In Other Gods

Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made. Verse ConceptsFingersBowingFilling PlacesPolytheismIdol WorshipWorshiping God


For even if there are "gods" in heaven and on earth (as indeed there are many so-called "gods" and "lords"), Verse ConceptsPolytheism

Can a person make a god for himself? They are not gods! Verse ConceptsFalse Religionpeople

The rest of the people who survived these plagues did not repent from their evil actions or stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk. Verse ConceptsDeafnessFalse ReligionDemons, Evil Work Ofdemons, Kinds ofGoldStonesWoodIdolatry Consists OfAtheism, Description OfBrassImpotence Of IdolsIdols Not SeeingIdol WorshipIdolatryUnhearingWorshipping The DevilWood And StoneBronze For IdolsRepentance

Jeroboam had appointed his own priests to serve at the high places and to serve the satyrs and calves that he had made. Verse ConceptsCalvesShrinesGolden CalvesThirty

They are no longer to slaughter their sacrifices to the goat demons, with whom they have been committing prostitution. This will be a perpetual statute for you throughout your generations. Verse ConceptsApostasy in OTFalse ReligionThey Committed ImmoralityOccultism Being Forbidden

They sacrificed to demons not to the real God gods whom they didn't know, new neighbors who had recently appeared, whom your ancestors never feared. Verse ConceptsFalse Religiondemons, Kinds ofPagan PracticesUnusedWhat Is Not GodDemonsDemonic Influence

They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. Verse Conceptsdemons, Kinds ofPagan PracticesDemonsSacrifice

Hardly! What they offer, they offer to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become partners with demons. Verse ConceptsAstrologyFalse ReligionPagansNations DescribedSacrificesDemonsSacrificeHalloweenpartnershipstatuesDemonic Influence

They worshipped the dragon because it had given authority to the beast. They also worshipped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who can fight a war with it?" Verse ConceptsArmageddonFalse ReligionUnique CreaturesWorshipping The DevilReady For War

They abandoned all of the commands given by the LORD their God, crafted for themselves cast images of two calves, constructed an Asherah, worshipped all of the stars in heaven, and served Baal. Verse ConceptsPagan GodsAstrologyBowingCalvesHost Of HeavenSculptureStarsGolden CalvesForsaking God's ThingsTwo AnimalsServing Asherah

"The residents of Samaria will be terrified because of the cows of Beth-aven. Its people will mourn over Beth-aven, along with the priests who will mourn its glory, because that glory has departed. Verse ConceptsCalvesPriests, Institution In Ot TimesGolden CalvesFear Of Other ThingsMourning In RegretNature Of IdolatryLosing Honour

Even so, Jehu never abandoned the sins of Nebat's son Jeroboam, who caused Israel to sin, regarding the golden calves that were at Bethel and Dan. Verse ConceptsGolden Calves

"So now you think you'll be able to withstand the LORD's kingdom as controlled by David's descendants, just because you have a large crown and have brought with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods. Verse ConceptsCalf worshipGolden Calves

Jeroboam had appointed his own priests to serve at the high places and to serve the satyrs and calves that he had made. Verse ConceptsCalvesShrinesGolden CalvesThirty

So the king sought some advice and then built two golden calves and announced, "It's too difficult for you to travel to Jerusalem. So here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!" Verse ConceptsAdvice, Bad Human AdviceGolden CalvesWhat Is Not GodTwo AnimalsBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptMan's Counsel

Then Michal took the household idol and laid it on the bed with a cover of goat hair placed at its head. Then she covered it with clothes. Verse ConceptsHairsHairclothThose Who Deceived

Meanwhile, Rachel had taken the idols, placed them inside the saddle of her camel, and sat on them. Laban searched through the whole tent, but found nothing. Verse ConceptsHousehold GodsPeople Sitting DownSeeking For Concrete ThingsNot Findinghidingstatues

Meanwhile, Laban had been out shearing his sheep. While he was away, Rachel stole her father's personal idols. Verse ConceptsCriminalsHousehold GodsSheepStealingSuffering, Causes OfSheep ShearingRobbing Gods

This man Micah had his own shrine, had crafted his own ephod and some household idols, and had installed one of his sons as a priest. Verse ConceptsephodsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesShrinesConsecration

Then the five men who had gone to scout out the territory of Laish told their relatives, "Are you aware that in these houses there's an ephod, some household idols, a carved image, and a cast image? You know what you need to do." Verse ConceptsFive People

Likewise, the people of Israel will dwell a long time without a king, without a prince, without sacrifice, without sacred pillars, and with neither ephod nor teraphim. Verse ConceptsephodsJudaismPrincesStonesObelisksAvoiding IdolatryNo King

He took them from them and, using a tool, fashioned them into a molten calf. The people said, "This, Israel, is your god who brought you out of the land of Egypt." Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsArts And Crafts, Types ofMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinSculptureToolsIdolsWorldly Pleasures, Nature OfProclaimingGolden CalvesWhat Is Not GodBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Then I saw how you had really sinned against the LORD your God! You had made for yourselves a calf, a cast idol. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD your God had commanded. Verse ConceptsGolden CalvesGod's People Sinning

Moreover, after they had cast a golden calf for themselves, they said, "This is your god who brought you out of Egypt!" and committed terrible blasphemies. Verse ConceptsGolden CalvesWhat Is Not GodBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

They fashioned a calf at Horeb and worshipped a carved image.

"At that time they even made a calf to be their idol, offered a sacrifice to it, and delighted in what they had made with their hands. Verse ConceptsCalf worshipCalvesIdolatry Consists OfGolden CalvesRejoicing In Evil

The people kept shouting, "This is the voice of a god, not of a man!" Verse ConceptsFlatteryVoicesMen As Godsworms

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have become like men and have come down to us!" Verse ConceptsLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureBecoming Like PeopleLike MenMen As Gods

They were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsWaitingPossibility Of DeathPeople Changing Their MindsSwellingMen As Gods

Later on, the Israelis again practiced what the LORD considered to be evil by serving the Baals, the stars, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the descendants of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines. In doing so, they ignored the LORD and wouldn't serve him. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBaal Worship, HistoryPolytheismServing AsherahGod's People Sinning

The king defiled the high places which faced Jerusalem on the south side of Corruption Mountain, which King Solomon of Israel had constructed for Ashtoreth, the Sidonian abomination, for Chemosh, the Moabite abomination, and for Milcom, the Ammonite abomination. Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsHillsAbominations, Idolatry IsPolluting The LandServing Asherah

I'm doing this because they have abandoned me and worshipped that Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They haven't lived my way by doing what I consider to be right and observing my statutes and my ordinances, like his father David did. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsForsaking GodServing Asherah

As a result, they abandoned the LORD by serving both Baal and Ashtaroth. Verse ConceptsServing Asherah

Then Samuel told the whole house of Israel, "If you're returning to the LORD with all your heart, then remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, direct your hearts back to the LORD, and serve him only. Then he will deliver you from the control of the Philistines." Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofCommitment, to Goddouble mindednessReformationSyncretismDivided HeartsUnquestioning ServiceReturning To GodWhole HeartednessIndividuals Saving OthersPutting Away Other GodsServing Asherah

They put Saul's weapons in the temple of Asherah and fastened his corpse to the wall of Beth-shan. Verse ConceptsFortificationsFalse GodsWallsServing Asherah

The people joined the Baal-peor cult. As a result, the anger of the LORD flared up against Israel, Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionGod's Intolerance Of EvilJoined To Evilalignment

You saw with your own eyes what he did in Baal Peor. The LORD your God exterminated from among you every man who followed Baal of Peor. Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryGod KillingGod Killed His PeopleLooking At God's Works

For they adopted the worship of Baal Peor and ate sacrifices offered to the dead. Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryBaal Worship, Nature OfSacrifice, In OtYokesIdolatry Consists OfJoined To Evilalignment

"I found Israel, as one finds grapes in the wilderness; Your ancestors seemed to me like the fruit gleaned from a fig tree's first harvest. When they went to Baal-peor, they devoted themselves to that filth, and they became loathsome, like what they loved. Verse ConceptsFig treeBaal Worship, HistoryGrapesBaal Worship, Nature OfAbominations, Idolatry IsDisgustFirst ActionsFinding PeopleThings Like PeopleLoving EvilPotential Of Fruit

Isn't the evil that happened at Peor enough for us, from which we have yet to be completely cleansed even to this point, and because of which a plague came upon the community of the LORD? Verse ConceptsPurifying Oneself


They built the high places of Baal that are in the Hinnom Valley in order to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech something that I didn't command, nor did it ever enter my mind for them to require this utterly repugnant thing and lead Judah into sin." Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsChild sacrificeHigh PlacesAbsence Of ThoughtShrinesValleys

And you carried the tent of your king and Saturn, your star god idols that you crafted for yourselves. Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryShrinesNature Of Kings

You even took along the tent of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, and the images you made in order to worship them. So I will take you into exile as far as Babylon.' Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToBabylon, In NtShrinesExile In Prospect

He also defiled Topheth, which is located in the Ben-hinnom Valley, so that no one would force his son or daughter to pass through the fire in dedication to Molech. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsChild sacrificeHuman SacrificesPolluting The Landdrums

The king defiled the high places which faced Jerusalem on the south side of Corruption Mountain, which King Solomon of Israel had constructed for Ashtoreth, the Sidonian abomination, for Chemosh, the Moabite abomination, and for Milcom, the Ammonite abomination. Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsHillsAbominations, Idolatry IsPolluting The LandServing Asherah

But, because you trust in your deeds and your riches, you will also be captured. Chemosh will go out into exile, along with his priests and officials. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsMoney, Attitudes ToRich, TheRiches, Ungodly Use OfTrust, Lack OfFalse ConfidenceExiled ForeignersTrusting Riches

Don't you control what your god Chemosh gives you? In the same way, we'll take control of whomever the LORD our God has driven out in front of us. Verse ConceptsPagan Gods

Woe to you, Moab! You are destroyed, you people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters have gone into captivity to Sihon, king of the Amorites. Verse ConceptsFugitivesFalse Gods

Some time later, the Philistine officials got together to present a magnificent sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to throw a party, because they were claiming, "Our god has given Samson into our control!" Verse ConceptsPagan GodsFalse GodsCelebrationsGiven Into One's HandsDagon

Then the Philistines took the Ark of God, brought it to the temple of Dagon, and placed it beside Dagon. Verse Conceptsstatues

Then they put Saul's armor in the temple of their gods and fastened his skull to the wall of the temple of Dagon. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsSkulls

By making silver shrines of Artemis, a silversmith named Demetrius provided a large income for skilled workers. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofCraftsmenSculptureShrinesSilverSkill

When the city recorder had quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, who in the world doesn't know that this city of Ephesus is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of the statue that fell down from heaven? Verse ConceptsFalling From Heaven

When they heard this, they became furious and began to shout, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" Verse ConceptsShoutingAngry People

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