Idolatry is a great danger. It leads us to worship things other than God. Only God deserves our worship. Nothing is more important than loving God above all things.
Idolatry is not just worshiping other gods or lifeless images. Idolatry is putting anything above God in our lives. We can idolize a person, a job, a political party, money... To avoid idolatry, we must always put God first, in everything we do.
"You shall have no other gods besides me. "You shall not make for yourself any idol, any image of anything in heaven, on earth, or in the waters under the earth.
Exodus 20:3-4
"I am the Lord; this is my name!
I will not give my glory to another
nor to images my praise.
Isaiah 42:8
"Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. I am the Lord, your God.
Leviticus 19:4
Their idols of silver and gold,
are made by human hands. They have a mouth, but they cannot speak;
eyes, but cannot see; they have ears but cannot hear;
nose, but cannot smell; they have hands, but they can feel nothing;
feet, but cannot walk;
and they do not make any sound with their throat. Become like them those who make them
and all who trust in them.
Psalms 115:4-8
Therefore, my beloved brothers, flee from idolatry.
1 Corinthians 10:14
Now the works of the flesh are manifest: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, wrath, selfishness, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before: Those who practice these things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:19-21
Some of the authorities of Israel came and sat before me. Then the Lord said to me, "Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and placed wicked stumbling blocks before them. Shall I let them consult me? Now say to them, This is what the Sovereign Lord says: idols in his heart and put an ungodly stumbling block before his face and then go to consult a prophet, I the Lord, I myself, will answer him according to their idolatry. This I will do to win back the hearts of the nation of Israel, which abandoned me in exchange of their idols. "Therefore say to the nation of Israel: This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent! Turn away from your idols and renounce all detestable practices! "When any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel separates himself from me, sets up idols in his heart and puts an ungodly stumbling block before him, and then goes to a prophet to inquire of me, I, the Lord, I myself will answer him . I will set my face against that man and will make him an example and an object of ridicule. I will cut him off from among my people. prophecy, I, the Lord, will have deceived that prophet and will stretch out my arm against him and destroy him, removing him from among my people Israel.
Ezekiel 14:1-9
Because rebellion
it is like the sin of witchcraft;
arrogance, as the evil of idolatry.
Just like you rejected
the word of the Lord,
he rejected him as king."
1 Samuel 15:23
Thus, put to death everything that belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5
Claiming to be wise, they became mad and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made in the likeness of mortal man, as well as birds, four-legged animals and reptiles.
Romans 1:22-23
Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
1 John 5:21
"Those who believe
in useless idols
they despise mercy.
Jonah 2:8
Great will be the suffering
of those who run after other gods.
I will not participate in your blood sacrifices,
and my lips won't even mention
their names.
Psalms 16:4
Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they will not be able to save them when disaster strikes them.
Jeremiah 11:12
The rest of humanity who did not die from these plagues did not even repent of the works of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood, idols that cannot see, nor hear, nor walk.
Revelation 9:20
"Gather together and come; gather together,
you, fugitives from the nations.
Those who take
from one side to another
wooden images,
who pray to gods who cannot save.
Isaiah 45:20
Do not be idolaters, as some of them were, as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to feast."
1 Corinthians 10:7
Your land is full of idols.
They bow before the work
from your hands,
in front of what your fingers did.
Isaiah 2:8
"'Cursed is anyone who carves an image or makes a cast idol, the work of artisans, detestable to the Lord, and sets it up secretly.'
All the people will say, 'Amen!'
Deuteronomy 27:15
