FALSE WORSHIP

(A) IDOLATRY (1) Forbidden Ge 35:2; Ex 20:4; 34:17; Le 26:1; De 7:25; 11:16; 16:22 Ps 81:9; Isa 42:8; 1Jo 5:21 --SEE Iconoclasm, RELIGIOUS REFORMS RELIGIOUS REFORMS (2) Prophecies concerning the Overthrow of Isa 2:20; 17:8; Jer 51:47; Mi 5:13; Zec 13:2 --SEE Worldwide Missions, MISSIONS (3) Idols Characterized, as Insentiate De 4:28; Ps 115:4 Perishable Isa 40:20 Helpless Isa 45:20; Jer 10:5; Ac 14:18 Unworthy of Worship of Intelligent Beings Ac 17:29 Degrading Ro 1:22,23; 1Co 8:4; 12:2 (4) Examples of Ex 32:4; Nu 25:2; Jud 3:7; 1Ki 12:32; 16:31; 2Ki 17:12; 21:21 2Ch 25:14; 28:2; Da 3:7; 5:23; Ac 17:16; Ga 4:8 --SEE False Gods, FALSE WORSHIP (5) Making of Idols Isa 40:19; 44:10; 46:6; Jer 10:3; Eze 7:20; 16:17; 22:3 Da 3:1; Ho 8:4; 13:2; Hab 2:18; Ac 19:24; Ro 1:23 (6) Vanity of Jer 10:5,15; 50:38; 51:17; Da 5:23; Hab 2:18; Ac 17:29; 1Co 10:19 (B) FALSE GODS AND GODDESSES, General References to 1Ch 16:26; Isa 2:8; Jer 2:11; 11:12; 16:20; Dan 5:4 1Co 8:5; 12:2; Ga 4:8 ASHTAROTH or ASHTORETH, a goddess of the Phoenicians Jud 2:13; 10:6; 1Sa 7:3; 31:10; 1Ki 11:33; 2Ki 23:13 BAAL a god of Phoenicia and the Canaanitish Tribes Nu 22:41; Jud 2:11; 8:33; 1Ki 16:32; 18:19; 19:18 2KI 10:18,28; 21:3; 2Ch 24:7; Jer 2:8; 7:9; Ho 2:8 BAAL-PEOR, a god of the Moabites Nu 25:3; De 4:3; Jos 22:17; Ps 106:28; Ho 9:10 CHEMOSH, a god of the Moabites Nu 21:29; Jud 11:24; 2Ki 23:13; Jer 48:7 DAGON, a god of the Philistines Jud 16:23; 1Sa 5:2; 1Ch 10:10 DIANA, a goddess of the Ephesians Ac 19:24,28,35 MOLECH, Moloch, or Milcom, a god of the Ammonites Le 18:21; 2Ki 23:10; Jer 32:35; Am 5:26; Ac 7:43 (C) OTHER OBJECTS OF WORSHIP (1) The Golden Calf made by Aaron Ex 32:4; De 9:16; Ne 9:18; Ps 106:19; Ac 7:41 (2) The Golden Calves of Jeroboam, set up in Dan and Bethel 1Ki 12:28; 2Ki 10:29; 17:16; 2Ch 11:15; 13:8; Ho 10:5 (3) Heavenly Bodies De 4:19; 17:3; 2Ki 17:16; 21:3; Job 31:26; Jer 8:2; 19:13; 44:17 Eze 8:16; Zep 1:5 (4) Teraphim, images, household gods Ge 31:19,34; Jud 17:5; 18:14; 1Sa 19:13; Ho 3:4 (5) Men Deified and Worshipped Ac 12:22; 14:11; 28:6 (6) Devils Worshipped Le 17:7; De 32:17; 2Ch 11:15; Ps 106:37; 1Co 10:20 Re 9:20; 13:4 -- Brazen Serpent. See BRAZEN SERPENT (D) PLACES DEVOTED TO IDOLATRY (1) Idolatrous Altars 1Ki 16:32; 18:26; Isa 27:9; 65:3; Ho 8:11; Ac 17:23 (2) Idolatrous Temples 1Sa 5:2; 1Ki 12:31; 2Ki 5:18; 10:21; 2Ch 36:7; Da 1:2; Ac 19:27 (3) High Places Nu 22:41; 1Ki 11:7; 12:31; 2Ki 17:9,29; 18:4; 21:3; 23:5 2Ch 11:15; 17:6 (4) Groves (Asherah or Asherim) places where shrines were located De 12:2; 16:21; Jud 6:25; 1Ki 14:15; 16:33; 2Ki 18:4; 21:3; 23:14 2Ch 14:3; 17:6; Isa 17:8