Thematic Bible: Other objects of worship

The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which are not able to see, hear, or walk. Verse Concepts

Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, the goat-demons, and the golden calves he had made. Verse Concepts

They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat-demons that they have prostituted themselves with. This will be a permanent statute for them throughout their generations. Verse Concepts

They sacrificed to demons, not God,
to gods they had not known,
new gods that had just arrived,
which your fathers did not fear.
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They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.
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No, but I do say that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to participate with demons! Verse Concepts

They worshiped the dragon because he gave authority to the beast. And they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to wage war against him?” Verse Concepts

They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God. They made cast images for themselves, two calves, and an Asherah pole. They worshiped the whole heavenly host and served Baal. Verse Concepts

The residents of Samaria will have anxiety
over the calf of Beth-aven.
Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;
the people will mourn over it,
over its glory.
It will certainly depart from them.
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but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—worshiping the gold calves that were in Bethel and Dan. Verse Concepts

“And now you are saying you can assert yourselves against the Lord’s kingdom, which is in the hand of one of David’s sons. You are a vast number and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

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Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, the goat-demons, and the golden calves he had made. Verse Concepts

So the king sought advice.

Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, “Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here is your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.” Verse Concepts

Then Michal took the household idol and put it on the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment. Verse Concepts

Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of the camel, and sat on them. Laban searched the whole tent but found nothing. Verse Concepts

When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols. Verse Concepts

This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and installed one of his sons to be his priest. Verse Concepts

The five men who had gone to scout out the land of Laish told their brothers, “Did you know that there are an ephod, household gods, and a carved image overlaid with silver in these houses? Now think about what you should do.” Verse Concepts

For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or household idols. Verse Concepts

He took the gold from their hands, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into an image of a calf.

Then they said, “Israel, this is your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!” Verse Concepts

I saw how you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made a calf image for yourselves. You had quickly turned from the way the Lord had commanded for you. Verse Concepts

Even after they had cast an image of a calf
for themselves and said,
“This is your God who brought you out of Egypt,”
and they had committed terrible blasphemies,
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At Horeb they made a calf
and worshiped the cast metal image.

They even made a calf in those days, offered sacrifice to the idol, and were celebrating what their hands had made. Verse Concepts

The assembled people began to shout, “It’s the voice of a god and not of a man!” Verse Concepts

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in the form of men!” Verse Concepts

They expected that he would swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after they waited a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god. Verse Concepts

So He brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house, and there were about 25 men at the entrance of the Lord’s temple, between the portico and the altar, with their backs to the Lord’s temple and their faces turned to the east. They were bowing to the east in worship of the sun. Verse Concepts

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.” Verse Concepts

He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed and reestablished the altars for Baal. He made an Asherah, as King Ahab of Israel had done; he also worshiped the whole heavenly host and served them. Verse Concepts

They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God. They made cast images for themselves, two calves, and an Asherah pole. They worshiped the whole heavenly host and served Baal. Verse Concepts

They will be exposed to the sun, the moon, and the whole heavenly host, which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be collected and buried but will become like manure on the surface of the soil. Verse Concepts

When you look to the heavens and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the array of heaven—do not be led astray to bow down and worship them. The Lord your God has provided them for all people everywhere under heaven. Verse Concepts

Instead, we will do everything we said we would: burn incense to the queen of heaven and offer drink offerings to her just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in Judah’s cities and in Jerusalem’s streets. Then we had enough food and good things and saw no disaster, Verse Concepts

and has gone to worship other gods by bowing down to the sun, moon, or all the stars in the sky—which I have forbidden— Verse Concepts

those who bow in worship on the rooftops
to the heavenly host;
those who bow and pledge loyalty to the Lord

but also pledge loyalty to Milcom;

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if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining
or at the moon moving in splendor,
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