Thematic Bible: Objects of, worshipped
Thematic Bible
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » By burning children
You must not do the same to the Lord your God, because they practice every detestable thing, which the Lord hates, for their gods. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
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He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did a great deal of evil in the Lord’s sight, provoking Him.
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because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in it to other gods that they, their fathers, and the kings of Judah have never known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, something I have never commanded or mentioned; I never entertained the thought.
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » With singing and dancing
So they took the bull that he gave them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound; no one answered. Then they danced, hobbling around the altar they had made.
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Don’t become idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to play.
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But Moses replied: It's not the sound of a victory cry and not the sound of a cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing! As he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became enraged and threw the tablets out of his hands, smashing them at the base of the mountain.
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » With sacrifices
Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and sent for Balaam and the officials who were with him.
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Then they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings.
Now Jehu had stationed 80 men outside, and he warned them, “Whoever allows any of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape will forfeit his life for theirs.”
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Now Jehu had stationed 80 men outside, and he warned them, “Whoever allows any of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape will forfeit his life for theirs.”
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » On high places
In the morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him to Bamoth-baal. From there he saw the outskirts of the people’s camp.
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I
You insisted, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
and under every green tree
you lie down like a prostitute.
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » On the tops of houses
The king tore down the altars that were on the roof—Ahaz’s upper chamber that the kings of Judah had made—and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple. Then he smashed them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
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to the heavenly host;
those who bow and pledge loyalty to the Lord
but also pledge loyalty to Milcom;
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » By bowing to them
But I will leave 7,000 in Israel—every knee that has not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.”
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However, in a particular matter may the Lord pardon your servant: When my master, the king of Aram, goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship and I, as his right-hand man, bow in the temple of Rimmon—when I bow in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord pardon your servant in this matter.”
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Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » With libations
The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will become impure like that place Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they have burned incense to the whole heavenly host and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
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indeed, they are your lot.
You have even poured out a drink offering to them;
you have offered a grain offering;
should I be satisfied with these?
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » With prayer
So they took the bull that he gave them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound; no one answered. Then they danced, hobbling around the altar they had made.
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He bows down to it and worships;
He prays to it,
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » Under trees
under every green tree,
who slaughter children in the wadis
below the clefts of the rocks?
I
You insisted, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
and under every green tree
you lie down like a prostitute.
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » By kissing them
But I will leave 7,000 in Israel—every knee that has not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.”
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and make themselves a cast image,
idols skillfully made from their silver,
all of them the work of craftsmen.
People say about them,
“Let the men who sacrifice
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » With incense
In Moab, I will stop”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the one who offers sacrifices on the high place and burns incense to his gods.
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Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » By cutting the flesh
They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.
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Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » In private houses
So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took five pounds of silver and gave it to a silversmith. He made it into a carved image overlaid with silver, and it was in Micah's house. This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and installed one of his sons to be his priest.
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » By kissing the hand to them
if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining or at the moon moving in splendor, so that my heart was secretly enticed and I threw them a kiss,
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » In temples
However, in a particular matter may the Lord pardon your servant: When my master, the king of Aram, goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship and I, as his right-hand man, bow in the temple of Rimmon—when I bow in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord pardon your servant in this matter.”
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Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » In groves
Instead, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and chop down their Asherah poles.
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Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » In secret places
behind the door and doorpost.
For away from Me, you stripped,
went up, and made your bed wide,
and you have made a bargain
You have loved their bed;
you have gazed on their genitals.