Idolatry.

 

1.     Forbidden. Ex 20:2,3; De 5:7.

2.     Consists in

a.     Bowing down to images. Ex 20:5; De 5:9.

b.     Worshipping images. Isa 44:17; Da 3:5,10,15.

c.     Sacrificing to images. Ps 106:38; Ac 7:41.

d.     Worshipping other gods. De 30:17; Ps 81:9.

e.     Swearing by other gods. Ex 23:13; Jos 23:7.

f.     Walking after other gods. De 8:19.

g.     Speaking in the name of other gods. De 18:20.

h.     Looking to other gods. Ho 3:1.

i.     Serving other gods. De 7:4; Jer 5:19.

j.     Fearing other gods. 2Ki 17:35.

k.     Sacrificing to other gods. Ex 22:20.

l.     Worshipping the true God by an image, &c. Ex 32:4-6; Ps 106:19,20.

m.     Worshipping angels. Col 2:18.

n.     Worshipping the host of heaven. De 4:19; 17:3.

o.     Worshipping demons. Mt 4:9-10; Re 9:20.

p.     Worshipping dead men. Ps 106:28.

q.     Setting up idols in the heart. Eze 14:3,4.

r.     Covetousness. Eph 5:5; Col 3:5.

s.     Sensuality. Php 3:19.

3.     Is changing the glory of God into an image. Ro 1:23; Ac 17:29.

4.     Is changing the truth of God into a lie. Ro 1:25; Isa 44:20.

5.     Is a work of the flesh. Ga 5:19,20.

6.     Incompatible with the service of God. Ge 35:2,3; Jos 24:23; 1Sa 7:3; 1Ki 18:21; 2Co 6:15,16.

7.     Described as

a.     An abomination to God. De 7:25.

b.     Hateful to God. De 16:22; Jer 44:4.

c.     Vain and foolish. Ps 115:4-8; Isa 44:19; Jer 10:3.

d.     Bloody. Eze 23:39.

e.     Abominable. 1Pe 4:3.

f.     Unprofitable. Jdj 10:14; Isa 46:7.

g.     Irrational. Ac 17:29; Ro 1:21-23.

h.     Defiling. Eze 20:7; 36:18.

8.     They who practise

a.     Forget God. De 8:19; Jer 18:15.

b.     Go astray from God. Eze 44:10.

c.     Pollute the name of God. Eze 20:39.

d.     Defile the sanctuary of God. Eze 5:11.

e.     Are estranged from God. Eze 14:5.

f.     Forsake God. 2Ki 22:17; Jer 16:11.

g.     Hate God. 2Ch 19:2,3.

h.     Provoke God. De 31:20; Isa 65:3; Jer 25:6.

i.     Are vain in their imaginations. Ro 1:21.

j.     Are ignorant and foolish. Ro 1:21,22.

k.     Inflame themselves. Isa 57:5.

l.     Hold fast their deceit. Jer 8:5.

m.     Carried away by it. 1Co 12:2.

n.     Go after it in heart. Eze 20:16.

o.     Are mad upon it. Jer 50:38.

p.     Boast of it. Ps 97:7.

q.     Have fellowship with devils. Ho 4:12.

r.     Ask counsel of their idols. Ho 4:12.

s.     Look to idols for deliverance. Isa 44:17; 45:20.

t.     Swear by their idols. Am 8:14.

9.     Objects of, numerous. 1Co 8:5.

10.     Objects of described as

a.     Strange gods. Ge 35:2,4; Jos 24:20.

b.     Other gods. Jdj 2:12,17; 1Ki 14:9.

c.     New gods. De 32:17; Jdj 5:8.

d.     Gods that cannot save. Isa 45:20.

e.     Gods that have not made the heavens. Jer 10:11.

f.     No gods. Jer 5:7; Ga 4:8.

g.     Molten gods. Ex 34:17; Le 19:4.

h.     Molten images. De 27:15; Hab 2:18.

i.     Graven images. Isa 45:20; Ho 11:2.

j.     Senseless idols. De 4:28; Ps 115:5,7.

k.     Dumb idols. Hab 2:18.

l.     Dumb Stones. Hab 2:19.

m.     Stocks. Jer 3:9; Ho 4:12.

n.     Abominations. Isa 44:19; Jer 32:34.

o.     Images of abomination. Eze 7:20.

p.     Idols of abomination. Eze 16:36.

q.     Stumbling blocks. Eze 14:3.

r.     Teachers of lies. Hab 2:18.

s.     Wind and confusion. Isa 41:29.

t.     Nothing. Isa 41:24; 1Co 8:4.

u.     Helpless. Jer 10:5.

v.     Vanity. Jer 18:15.

w.     Vanities of the Gentiles. Jer 14:22.

11.     Making idols for the purpose of, described and ridiculed. Isa 44:10-20.

12.     Obstinate sinners judicially given up to. De 4:28; 28:64; Ho 4:17.

13.     Warnings against. De 4:15-19.

14.     Exhortations to turn from. Eze 14:6; 20:7; Ac 14:15.

15.     Renounced on conversion. 1Th 1:9.

16.     Led to abominable sins. Ro 1:26-32; Ac 15:20.

17.     Saints should

a.     Keep from. Jos 23:7; 1Jo 5:21.

b.     Flee from. 1Co 10:14.

c.     Not have anything connected with in their houses. De 7:26.

d.     Not partake of any thing connected with. 1Co 10:19,20.

e.     Not have religious intercourse with those who practise. Jos 23:7; 1Co 5:11.

f.     Not covenant with those who practise. Ex 34:12,15; De 7:2.

g.     Not intermarry with those who practise. Ex 34:16; De 7:3.

h.     Testify against. Ac 14:15; 19:26.

i.     Refuse to engage in, though threatened with death. Da 3:18.

18.     Saints preserved by God from. 1Ki 19:18; Ro 11:4.

19.     Saints refuse to receive the worship of. Ac 10:25,26; 14:11-15.

20.     Angels refuse to receive the worship of. Re 22:8,9.

21.     Destruction of, promised. Eze 36:25; Zec 13:2.

22.     Everything connected with, should be destroyed. Ex 34:13; De 7:5; 2Sa 5:21; 2Ki 23:14.

23.     Woe denounced against. Hab 2:19.

24.     Curse denounced against. De 27:15.

25.     Punishment of

a.     Judicial death. De 17:2-5.

b.     Dreadful judgments which end in death. Jer 8:2; 16:1-11.

c.     Banishment. Jer 8:3; Ho 8:5-8; Am 5:26,27.

d.     Exclusion from heaven. 1Co 6:9,10; Eph 5:5; Re 22:15.

e.     Eternal torments. Re 14:9-11; 21:8.

26.     Exemplified

a.     Israel. Ex 32:1; 2Ki 17:12.

b.     Philistines. Jdj 16:23.

c.     Micah. Jdj 17:4,5.

d.     Jeroboam. 1Ki 12:28.

e.     Maachah. 1Ki 15:13.

f.     Ahab. 1Ki 16:31.

g.     Jezebel. 1Ki 18:19.

h.     Sennacherib. 2Ki 19:37.

i.     Manasseh. 2Ki 21:4-7.

j.     Amon. 2Ki 21:21.

k.     Ahaz. 2Ch 28:3.

l.     Judah. Jer 11:13.

m.     Nebuchadnezzar. Da 3:1.

n.     Belshazzar. Da 5:23.

o.     People of Lystra. Ac 14:11,12.

p.     Athenians. Ac 17:16.

q.     Ephesians. Ac 19:28.

27.     Zeal against-Exemplified

a.     Asa. 1Ki 15:12.

b.     Josiah. 2Ki 23:5.

c.     Jehoshaphat. 2Ch 17:6.

d.     Israel. 2Ch 31:1.

e.     Manasseh. 2Ch 33:15.

28.     All forms of, forbidden by the law of Moses. Ex 20:4,5.

29.     All heathen nations given up to. Ps 96:5; Ro 1:23,25; 1Co 12:2.

30.     Led the heathen to think that their gods visited the earth in bodily shapes. Ac 14:11.

31.     Led the heathen to consider their gods to have but a local influence. 1Ki 20:23; 2Ki 17:26.

32.     Objects of

a.     The heavenly bodies. 2Ki 23:5; Ac 7:42.

b.     Angels. Col 2:18.

c.     Departed spirits. 1Sa 28:14,15.

d.     Earthly creatures. Ro 1:23.

e.     Images. De 29:17; Ps 115:4; Isa 44:17.

33.     Temples built for. Ho 8:14.

34.     Altars raised for. 1Ki 18:26; Ho 8:11.

35.     Accompanied by feasts. 2Ki 10:20; 1Co 10:27,28.

36.     Objects of, worshipped

a.     With sacrifices. Nu 22:40; 2Ki 10:24.

b.     With libations. Isa 57:6; Jer 19:13.

c.     With incense. Jer 48:35.

d.     With prayer. 1Ki 18:26; Isa 44:17.

e.     With singing and dancing. Ex 32:18,19; 1Ki 18:26; 1Co 10:7.

f.     By bowing to them. 1Ki 19:18; 2Ki 5:18.

g.     By kissing them. 1Ki 19:18; Ho 13:2.

h.     By kissing the hand to them. Job 31:26,27.

i.     By cutting the flesh. 1Ki 18:28.

j.     By burning children. De 12:31; 2Ch 33:6; Jer 19:4,5; Eze 16:21.

k.     In temples. 2Ki 5:18.

l.     On high places. Nu 22:41; Jer 2:20.

m.     In groves. Ex 34:13.

n.     Under trees. Isa 57:5; Jer 2:20.

o.     In private houses. Jdj 17:4,5.

p.     On the tops of houses. 2Ki 23:12; Zep 1:5.

q.     In secret places. Isa 57:8.

37.     Rites of, obscene and impure. Ex 32:25; Nu 25:1-3; 2Ki 17:9; Isa 57:6,8,9; 1Pe 4:3.

38.     Divination connected with. 2Ch 33:6.

39.     Victims sacrificed in, often adorned with garlands. Ac 14:13.

40.     Idols, mentioned in Scripture

a.     Adrammelech. 2Ki 17:31.

b.     Anammelech. 2Ki 17:31.

c.     Ashima. 2Ki 17:30.

d.     Ashtoreth. Jdj 2:13; 1Ki 11:33.

e.     Baal. Jdj 2:11-13; 6:25.

f.     Baal-berith. Jdj 8:33; 9:4,46.

g.     Baal-peor. Nu 25:1-3.

h.     Baalzebub. 2Ki 1:2,16.

i.     Baal-zephon. Ex 14:2.

j.     Bel. Jer 50:2; 51:44.

k.     Chemosh. Nu 21:29; 1Ki 11:33.

l.     Chiun. Am 5:26.

m.     Dagon. Jdj 16:23; 1Sa 5:1-3.

n.     Diana. Ac 19:24,27.

o.     Huzzab. Na 2:7.

p.     Jupiter. Ac 14:12.

q.     Mercury. Ac 14:12.

r.     Molech or Milcom. Le 18:21; 1Ki 11:5,33.

s.     Merodach. Jer 50:2.

t.     Nergal. 2Ki 17:30.

u.     Nebo. Isa 46:1.

v.     Nibhaz and Tartak. 2Ki 17:31.

w.     Nisroch. 2Ki 19:37.

x.     Queen of heaven. Jer 44:17,25.

y.     Remphan. Ac 7:43.

z.     Rimmon. 2Ki 5:18.

A.     Succothbenoth. 2Ki 17:30.

B.     Tammuz. Eze 8:14.

41.     Objects of, carried in procession. Isa 46:7; Am 5:26; Ac 7:43.

42.     Early notice of, amongst God’s professing people. Ge 31:19,30; 35:1-4; Jos 24:2.

43.     The Jews

a.     Practised, in Egypt. Jos 24:14; Eze 23:3,19.

b.     Brought, out of Egypt with them. Eze 23:8; Ac 7:39-41.

c.     Forbidden to practise. Ex 20:1-5; 23:24.

d.     Often mixed up, with God’s worship. Ex 32:1-5; 1Ki 12:27,28.

e.     Followed the Canaanites in. Jdj 2:11-13; 1Ch 5:25.

f.     Followed the Moabites in. Nu 25:1-3.

g.     Followed the Assyrians in. Eze 16:28-30; 23:5-7.

h.     Followed the Syrians in. Jdj 10:6.

44.     Adopted by Solomon. 1Ki 11:5-8.

45.     Adopted by the wicked kings. 1Ki 21:26; 2Ki 21:21; 2Ch 28:2-4; 33:3,7.

46.     Example of the kings encouraged Israel in. 1Ki 12:30; 2Ki 21:11; 2Ch 33:9.

47.     Great prevalence of, in Israel. Isa 2:8; Jer 2:28; Eze 8:10.

48.     A virtual forsaking of God. Jer 2:9-13.

49.     The good kings of Judah endeavoured to destroy. 2Ch 15:16; 34:7.

50.     Captivity of Israel on account of. 2Ki 17:6-18.

51.     Captivity of Judah on account of. 2Ki 17:19-23.

 

Warnings Against, and Punishments of: Deut. 17:2–5; 2 Chr. 28:23; Neh. 9:27–37; Psa. 78:58–64; 106:34–42; Isa. 1:29–31; 2:6–22; 30:22; 57:3–13; 65:3–7; Jer. 1:15, 16; 3:1–11; 5:1–17; 7; 8:1, 2, 19; 13:9–27; 16; 17:1–6; 18:13–15; 19; 22:9; 32:35; 44; 48:8; Ezek. 6; 7:19; 8:5–18; 9; 14:1–14; 16; 20; 22:4; 23; 44:10–12; Hos. 1:2; 2:2–5; 4:12–19; 5:1–3; 8:5–14; 9:10; 10; 11:2; 12:11–14; 13:1–4; 14:8; Amos 3:14; 4:4, 5; 5:5; Mic. 1:1–9; 5:12–14; 6:16; Zeph. 1; Mal. 2:11–13.

 

Prophecies Relating to: Ex. 12:12 Num. 33:4. Isa. 2:18, 20 Isa. 31:7. Isa. 17:7, 8; Isa. 19:1; Isa. 27:9; Jer. 10:11, 15; Jer. 51:44, 47 v. 52;; Isa. 21:9. Ezek. 43:7–9; Hos. 10:2; Mic. 5:13; Zeph. 2:11; Zech. 13:2

 

Folly of: Deut. 4:28; 1 Kin. 18:27 Judg. 6:31; 1 Sam. 5:3, 4. 2 Chr. 25:15 1 Sam. 12:21; 2 Kin. 3:13; Isa. 16:12; 36:18. 2 Chr. 28:22, 23; Psa. 115:4, 5, 8 Psa. 96:5; 135:15–18; Isa. 2:8. Isa. 40:12–26; Isa. 41:23, 24 vs. 26–29.; Isa. 44:19 vs. 9–20.; Isa. 45:20; Isa. 46:1, 2, 6, 7; Isa. 47:13, 14 vs. 12–15;; 2 Kin. 19:18; Isa. 37:19; Zech. 10:2. Isa. 57:13; Jer. 2:28 Deut. 32:37, 38; Judg. 10:14. Jer. 10:5 vs. 3–16;; Jer. 48:13; 51:17; Hab. 2:18, 19. Jer. 11:12; Jer. 14:22; Jer. 16:19, 20; Hos. 8:5, 6 Ex. 32:20; Psa. 106:20. Acts 14:15; Acts 17:22, 23, 29; Rom. 1:22, 23; 1 Cor. 8:4 with 1 Cor. 8:5; 10:19.1 Cor. 12:2; Gal. 4:8; Rev. 9:20 Deut. 4:28; Dan. 5:23