Idolatry

How Nave’s arranged it

• WICKED PRACTICES OF
• Human sacrificesLeviticus 18:21Leviticus 20:2–5Deuteronomy 12:31Deuteronomy 18:102 Kings 3:262 Kings 3:272 Kings 16:32 Kings 17:172 Kings 17:182 Kings 21:62 Kings 23:102 Chronicles 28:32 Chronicles 33:6Psalms 106:37Psalms 106:38Isaiah 57:5Jeremiah 7:31Jeremiah 19:4–7Jeremiah 32:35Ezekiel 16:20
• Practices of, relating to the deadDeuteronomy 14:1
• Licentiousness ofExodus 32:6Exodus 32:25Numbers 25:1–31 Kings 14:241 Kings 15:122 Kings 17:302 Kings 23:7Ezekiel 16:17Ezekiel 23:1–44Hosea 4:12–14Amos 2:8Micah 1:7Romans 1:24Romans 1:26Romans 1:271 Corinthians 10:71 Corinthians 10:81 Peter 4:31 Peter 4:4Revelation 2:14
• OTHER CUSTOMS OF
• Offered burnt offeringsExodus 32:61 Kings 18:26Acts 14:13
• LibationsIsaiah 57:6Isaiah 65:11Jeremiah 7:18Jeremiah 19:13Jeremiah 32:29Jeremiah 44:17Jeremiah 44:19Jeremiah 44:25Ezekiel 20:28
• Libations of wineDeuteronomy 32:38
• Libations of bloodPsalms 16:4Zechariah 9:7
• Meat offeringsIsaiah 57:6Jeremiah 7:18Jeremiah 44:17Ezekiel 16:19
• Peace offeringsExodus 32:6
• Incense burned on altars1 Kings 12:332 Chronicles 30:142 Chronicles 34:25Isaiah 65:3Jeremiah 1:16Jeremiah 11:12Jeremiah 11:17Jeremiah 44:3Jeremiah 48:35Ezekiel 16:18Ezekiel 23:41Hosea 11:2

The passages, in Bible order (302)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 35:2

   So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

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   “After he was called by God, Jacob ascends to Bethel, that is, to the house of God (this is how the name Bethel is interpreted), offers sacrifices to God and is declared chief and master of the holy rites. He teaches his successors and descendants how they must enter the house of God. He orders the foreign gods to be rejected like dung and filth and to change the garments. It is fitting for us to do likewise when we are called before God, or enter the divine temple, especially in the time of the holy baptism.

   “Then Jacob said unto his household,....

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2. Genesis 35:4

   So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

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   “They gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hands,....

   “And - ear-rings which were in their ears - Whether these rings were in the ears of the gods, or in those of Jacob’s family, we may rest assured that they were not mere ornaments, but served for superstitious purposes. Ear-rings were certainly worn as amulets and charms, first consecrated to some god, or formed under some constellation, on which magical characters and images were drawn. A very ancient and beautiful one of this kind brought from Egypt, cut out of a solid piece of cornelian, now lies before me.

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3. Exodus 12:12

   On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

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   “In what follows, "on their gods I shall pass judgment," the Hebrews affirm that on the night on which the people departed, all the temples in Egypt were destroyed, either by an earthquake or by a bolt of lightning. But we say, spiritually, that when …

   “For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night,.....

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4. Exodus 20:3–6

   You shall have no other gods before Me.

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   “God commands us by His prophet not to esteem any new God to be God, and not to worship any strange God. Now it is clear that that is called new which is not from everlasting, and on the contrary, that is called everlasting which is not new.

   “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

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5. Exodus 20:23

   You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.

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   “Ye shall not make with me,....

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6. Exodus 23:13

   Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.

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   “And in all things that I have said unto you, be circumspect,....

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7. Exodus 32:4

   He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 32:41 voice

   “Now this is the first lust which conquered the world, and because of it the first transgression of the law took place. It destroyed the people in the wilderness by penalties of all kinds; from the table of lust they rose up and worshipped a …

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8. Exodus 32:6

   So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 32:61 voice

   “But he who has engulfed and plunged himself in such wallowing places, falls also into the snare of unbelief; for the people sat down to eat and to drink, and required that gods should be made for them. Hereby the Lord teaches us that he who gives up his soul to these two kinds of vices, is stript of the garment, not of a woollen vest, but of living virtue; that clothing which is not temporal but eternal.

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9. Exodus 32:18

   But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”

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   “And he said,....

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10. Exodus 32:19

    As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.

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    “And it came to pass, as soon, as he came nigh unto the camp,....

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11. Exodus 32:20

    Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.

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    “Moses ground the head of the golden calf to powder, and cast it into water, and made the people drink of it; for their heart was hardened by the greatness of their perfidy, and he did thus that it might be softened and made refined by faith. Lastly, that woman who grinds meal well and fine shall be taken, but she who grinds ill shall be left.

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12. Exodus 32:25

    Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.

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    “And when Moses saw that the people were naked,....

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13. Exodus 34:17

    You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.

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    "You shall make for yourself no molten gods." You see that he forbids the making of images because of idolatry and that it is impossible to make an image of the bodiless, invisible and uncircumscribed God. "You saw no form on the day that the Lord spoke.…" And St. Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, says, "Being therefore God's offspring, we ought not to think that the Deity is like gold, or silver or stone, a representation by the art and imagination of man."

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14. Leviticus 18:21

    You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

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    “And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech,....

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15. Leviticus 19:4

    Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.

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    “Turn ye not unto idols,....

    “Turn ye not unto idols - אלילם elilim, literally nothings; and to this St. Paul seems to allude 1Co 8:4, where he says, We know that an idol is Nothing in the world.

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16. Leviticus 20:2–5

    “Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.

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    “Again thou shalt say to the children of Israel,....

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