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What Does the Bible Say About Worshipping Idols?

Here are 7 Bible verses about worshipping idols, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Exodus 20:4-5

    Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

    BSBYou shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

  2. #2Isaiah 42:8

    I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

    BSBI am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.

  3. #3Deuteronomy 5:9

    Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

    BSBYou shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

  4. #4Matthew 6:33

    But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

    BSBBut seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

  5. #5Isaiah 45:20

    Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

    BSBCome, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.

  6. #6Matthew 23:9

    And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

    BSBAnd do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

  7. #7Mark 16:16

    He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

    BSBWhoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

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