16 Bible Verses about False Worship

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Matthew 15:8-9

'This people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"

Mark 7:6-7

And He said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it has been written, This people honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me. But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

Luke 18:10-14

Two men went up into the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-collector. The Pharisee, having taken his stand, was praying these things with himself: 'God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-collector! I fast twice on the Sabbath; I give a tenth of all that I acquire.'read more.
"But the tax-collector, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but was smiting his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!' I say to you, this man went down justified to his house, rather than the other; because every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, but he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

Acts 17:22-23

And Paul, having taken his stand in the midst of Mars Hill, said, "Men of Athens, in all respects I observe that ye are more than usually regardful of the deities; for, passing through, and considering your objects of worship, I found also an altar on which had been inscribed, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What, therefore, in ignorance ye worship, this I declare to you.

Mark 12:41-44

And, haring taken a seat over against the treasury, He was beholding how the multitude cast money into the treasury; and many who were rich cast in much. And one poor widow, coming, cast in two mites, which is a farthing. And, calling to Him His disciples, He said to them, "Verily I say to you, this poor widow cast in more than all who are casting into the treasury;read more.
for they all did cast in out of their abundance; but she out of her want cast in all that she had??er whole living."

John 4:23-24

But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for, indeed, the Father seeketh such to be His worshipers. God is a spirit; and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

Bible Theasaurus

Worship (503 instances)

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false Worship » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies

false Worship » Idolatry » Forbidden

false Worship » False gods and Goddesses » General references to

1 Corinthians 12:2

Ye know that ye were gentiles, carried away to the dumb idols, as ye were led.

false Worship » Other objects of worship » Devils worshipped

Revelation 9:20

And the rest of the men, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship the 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;

false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Vanity of

Acts 17:29

"Being, therefore, God's offspring, we ought not to suppose that the God-head is like gold, or silver, or stone, graven by man's art and device!

false Worship » Brazen serpent places devoted to idolatry » Idolatrous temples

Acts 19:27

And not only is there danger to us that this branch of our business will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana be reckoned of no account, and also her magnificence will be destroyed, whom all Asia and the inhabited earth worship."

false Worship » Other objects of worship » The golden calves of jeroboam, set up in dan and bethel

More verses: 1 Kings 12:28

false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Ashtaroth » Ashtaroth or ashtoreth, a Goddess of the phoenicians

More verses: 1 Samuel 31:10

false Worship » Other objects of worship » Teraphim, images, household gods

More verses: Hosea 3:4

false Worship » Brazen serpent places devoted to idolatry » Idolatrous altars

More verses: Acts 17:23

false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Baal-peor » Baal-peor, a God of the moabites

false Worship » Other objects of worship » The golden calf made by aaron

Acts 7:41

And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands.

false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Molech, moloch, or milcom, a God of the ammonites

Acts 7:43

And ye took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of the god Rephan??he figures which ye made to worship them; and I will remove you beyond Babylon.'

false Worship » Idolatry » Prophecies concerning the overthrow of

false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Chemosh » Chemosh, a God of the moabites

false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Degrading

Romans 1:22-23

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and quadrupeds, and reptiles.

1 Corinthians 12:2

Ye know that ye were gentiles, carried away to the dumb idols, as ye were led.

1 Corinthians 8:4

concerning, therefore, the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but One.

false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Dagon » Dagon, a God of the philistines

false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Helpless

Acts 14:18

And, saying these things, they with difficulty restrained the multitude from offering sacrifice to them.

false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Diana » Diana, a Goddess of the ephesians

Acts 19:24

For a certain one, Demetrius by name, a silver-smith, making silver shrines of Diana, was bringing to the artisans no small business;

Acts 19:35

But the town-clerk, having quieted the multitude, says, "Men of Ephesus, who, indeed, of men is there that does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Diana, and of the image that fell down from Jupiter?

Acts 19:28

And, hearing this, and becoming full of wrath, they were crying aloud, saying, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!"

false Worship » Other objects of worship » Men deified and worshipped

Acts 12:22

And the people were shouting, "It is the voice of a god, and not of a man!"

Acts 14:11

And the multitudes, seeing what Paul did, lifted up their voice in the language of Lycaonia, saying, "The gods, made like to men, came down to us!"

Acts 28:6

but they were expecting that he would surely become swollen, or suddenly fall down dead; but, after looking a great while, and observing nothing unusual happening to him, changing their minds, they said that he was a god.

false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Insentiate

false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Perishable

false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Unworthy of worship of intelligent beings

Acts 17:29

"Being, therefore, God's offspring, we ought not to suppose that the God-head is like gold, or silver, or stone, graven by man's art and device!

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