13 Bible Verses about How Not To Worship

They worship Me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commands of men.”

They worship Me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commands of men.

Nebuchadnezzar asked them, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you don’t serve my gods or worship the gold statue I have set up?

There are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men have ignored you, the king; they do not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.”

Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, “Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent His angel and rescued His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

But whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire.”

Whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire.

The more they called them,
the more they departed from Me.
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.

You must not bow down to their gods or worship them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them and smash their sacred pillars to pieces.

You are never to bow down to another god because Yahweh, being jealous by nature, is a jealous God.

You Samaritans worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews.

For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed:

TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.

Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

“This man,” they said, “persuades people to worship God contrary to the law!”