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Bible Verses About Idolatry
Find Bible verses about idolatry — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about idolatry?
The Bible addresses idolatry with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
1 Corinthians 10:14
“Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.”
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Deuteronomy 5:8
“"You shall not make an engraved image for yourself, nor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:”
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1 Kings 14:9
“but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone and made you other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back:”
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Psalms 81:9
“There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.”
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Jonah 2:8
“Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.”
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1 Samuel 15:23
“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, he has also rejected you from being king."”
Acts 7:41
“They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.”
Deuteronomy 31:18
“I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have worked, in that they are turned to other gods.”
Exodus 20:4
“"You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:”
Exodus 34:17
“"You shall make no cast idols for yourselves.”
Judges 3:7
“The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and forgot Yahweh their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.”
Judges 2:11
“The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baals;”
Jeremiah 1:16
“I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.”
Deuteronomy 27:15
“'Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' All the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.'”
Isaiah 2:18
“The idols shall utterly pass away.”
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Revelation 14:9 — “Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, "If anyone worships the beast and ...”
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Acts 17:29 — “Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silve...”
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