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Idolatry
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Idolatry in the Bible Dictionary
- Wicked practices of
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Human sacrifices
Lev 18:21; 20:2–5; Deut 12:31; 18:10; 2 Kgs 3:26, 27; 16:3; 17:17, 18; 21:6; 23:10; 2 Chr 28:3; 33:6; Ps 106:37, 38; Isa 57:5; Jer 7:31; 19:4–7; 32:35; Ezek 16:20, 21; 20:26, 31; 23:37, 39; Mic 6:7
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Practices of, relating to the dead
Deut 14:1
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Licentiousness of
Ex 32:6, 25; Num 25:1–3; 1 Kgs 14:24; 15:12; 2 Kgs 17:30; 23:7; Ezek 16:17; 23:1–44; Hos 4:12–14; Amos 2:8; Mic 1:7; Rom 1:24, 26, 27; 1 Cor 10:7, 8; 1 Pet 4:3, 4; Rev 2:14, 20–22; 9:20, 21; 14:8; 17:1–6
- Other customs of
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Offered burnt offerings
Ex 32:6; 1 Kgs 18:26; Acts 14:13
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Libations
Isa 57:6; 65:11; Jer 7:18; 19:13; 32:29; 44:17, 19, 25; Ezek 20:28
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Libations of wine
Deut 32:38
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Libations of blood
Ps 16:4; Zech 9:7
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Meat offerings
Isa 57:6; Jer 7:18; 44:17; Ezek 16:19
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Peace offerings
Ex 32:6
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Incense burned on altars
1 Kgs 12:33; 2 Chr 30:14; 34:25; Isa 65:3; Jer 1:16; 11:12, 17; 44:3; 48:35; Ezek 16:18; 23:41; Hos 11:2
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Prayers to idols
Judg 10:14; Isa 44:17; 45:20; 46:7; Jonah 1:5
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Praise
Judg 16:24; Dan 5:4
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Singing and dancing
Ex 32:18, 19
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Music
Dan 3:5–7
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Cutting the flesh
1 Kgs 18:28; Jer 41:5
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Kissing
1 Kgs 19:18; Hos 13:2; Job 31:27
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Bowing
1 Kgs 19:18; 2 Kgs 5:18
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Tithes and gifts
2 Kgs 23:11; Dan 11:38; Amos 4:4, 5
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Annual feasts
1 Kgs 12:32; Ezek 18:6, 11, 12, 15; 22:9; Dan 3:2, 3
- Objects of
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Sun, moon, and stars
Deut 4:19; 2 Kgs 17:16; 21:3, 5; 2 Chr 33:3, 5; Job 31:26–28; Jer 7:17–20; 8:2; Ezek 8:15, 16; Zeph 1:4, 5; Acts 7:42
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Images of angels
Col 2:18
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Animals
Rom 1:23
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Gods of Egypt
Ex 12:12
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Golden calf
Ex 32:4
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Brazen serpent
2 Kgs 18:4
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Net and drag
Hab 1:16
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Pictures
Num 33:52; Isa 2:16
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Pictures on walls
Ezek 8:10
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Earrings
Gen 35:4
- See Shrine
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Denunciations against
Gen 35:2; Ex 20:3–6, 23; 23:13; 34:17; Lev 19:4; 26:1, 30; Deut 4:15–23, 25–28; 5:7–9; 11:16, 17, 28; 12:31; 16:21, 22; 27:15; 28:15–68; 30:17, 18; 31:16–21, 29; 32:15–26; 1 Sam 15:23; 1 Kgs 9:6–9; Job 31:26–28; Ps 16:4; 44:20, 21; 59:8; 79:6; 81:9; 97:7; Isa 42:17; 45:16; Joel 3:12; Jonah 2:8; Mic 5:15; Hab 1:16; Acts 15:20, 29; 17:16; Rom 1:25; 1 Cor 6:9, 10; 8; 10:7, 14, 20–22; 1 John 5:21; Rev 21:8; 22:15
- See Iconoclasm
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Warnings against, and punishments of
Deut 17:2–5; 2 Chr 28:23; Neh 9:27–37; Ps 78:58–64; 106:34–42; Isa 1:29–31; 2:6–22; 30:22; 57:3–13; 65:3, 4; 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
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Prophecies relating to
Ex 12:12; Num 33:4; Isa 2:18, 20; 17:7, 8; 19:1; 21:9; 27:9; 31:7; Jer 10:11, 15; 51:44, 47, 52; Ezek 43:7–9; Hos 10:2; Mic 5:13; Zeph 2:11; Zech 13:2
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Folly of
Ex 32:20; Deut 4:28; 32:37, 38; Judg 6:31; 10:14; 1 Sam 5:3, 4; 12:21; 1 Kgs 18:27; 2 Kgs 3:13; 19:18; 2 Chr 25:15; 28:22, 23; Ps 96:5; 106:20; 115:4, 5, 8; 135:15–18; Isa 2:8; 16:12; 36:18; 37:19; 40:12–26; 41:23, 24, 26–29; 43:9; 44:9–20; 45:20; 46:1, 2, 6, 7; 47:12–15; 57:13; Jer 2:28; 10:3–16; 11:12; 14:22; 16:19, 20; 48:13; 51:17; Dan 5:23; Hos 8:5, 6; Hab 2:18, 19; Zech 10:2; Acts 14:15; 17:22, 23, 29; Rom 1:22, 23; 1 Cor 8:4, 5; 10:19; 12:2; Gal 4:8; Rev 9:20
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.