Thematic Bible: Used in idolatrous worship


Thematic Bible



And it happened on that night Jehovah said to him, Take your father's young bull, even the second bull of seven years, and throw down the altar of Baal which your father has, and cut down the pillar by it. Verse ConceptsShrinesAltarsDestruction Of Satan's WorksAnimals At Specific Agesgideon

And Jeroboam ordered a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah. And he offered on the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. Verse ConceptsNew Year, TheMonth 8the anniversary Feasts

And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. Verse ConceptsTemples, HeathenAltars, PaganBuilding Altarsjezebel

And they took the bull which was given them, and they dressed, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any who answered. And they leaped on the altar which was made. Verse ConceptsLeapingdanceMorning WorshipMorningReligionPeople JumpingOthers Not AnsweringHinduism

And King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria at Damascus. And he saw an altar at Damascus. And King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the pattern of the altar, and the form of it, according to all its work. Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In OtAltars, PaganDesign

And the altars which were on the top of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made, and the two courts of the house of Jehovah, the king beat them down, and broke them down from there. And he threw the dust of them into the torrent Kidron. Verse ConceptsRoofValleysBuilding AltarsUpper RoomsCourts Of The Temple

And also the altar which was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place; he stamped it to powder, and burned the Asherah. Verse ConceptsGrindingAltars, Pagan

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he makes all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in pieces, the Asherahs and sun-pillars shall not stand up. Verse ConceptsCrushingJacob, The PatriarchMineralsStonesServing Asherah

a people who without ceasing provoke Me to anger to My face; who sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense on the bricks; Verse ConceptsBricksGarden, NaturalSacrifice, In OtBurning SacrificesIdolatryGrieving God

Because Ephraim has made many altars to sin, altars shall be to him to sin. Verse ConceptsDebaucheryAltars, PaganGrowth Of EvilAltarsThe Entrance Of Sin

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For as I passed by and saw the things you worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Not knowing then whom you worship, I make Him known to you. Verse ConceptsAmbassadorsGod, Revelation OfIgnorance, Of GodInscriptionsOpportunities, And SalvationSuperstitionPolytheismUnknown GodsHow Not To WorshipIgnorance of GodEclipseignorancedevotion

And, I will cause him who offers in the high places to cease in Moab, says Jehovah, and him who burns incense to his gods. Verse ConceptsShrinesNo IncensePeople EndedSacrificing On The High Places

at the time you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

You, O king, have made a decree that every man who shall hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and the bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image. Verse ConceptsCymbalsHarpsLyresFlutes

Now if you are ready, at the time you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, fall down and worship the image which I have made. But if you do not worship, in that moment you shall be thrown into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. And who is that god who shall deliver you out of my hand? Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfPride, Examples OfImpietyInfidelity To GodBoastersThrowing PeopleFurnacesCymbalsHarpsLyresFlutesNo Help In Other Gods

Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofBowing To False GodsCymbalsLyresIdol WorshipAll LanguagesAll Nations