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Want to know what the Bible says about Idolatry? Here are 483 Bible verses about Idolatry from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Romans 1:25 NIV
They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
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Acts 7:41 NIV
That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and reveled in what their own hands had made.
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Deuteronomy 30:17 NIV
But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,
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2 Corinthians 7:1 NIV
Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
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Hosea 10:5 NIV
The people who live in Samaria fear
    for the calf-idol of Beth Aven.
Its people will mourn over it,
    and so will its idolatrous priests,
those who had rejoiced over its splendor,
    because it is taken from them into exile.
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Exodus 32:4-6 NIV
4 He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”
5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival to the Lord.” 6 So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings. Afterward they sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.
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Deuteronomy 7:4 NIV
for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods, and the Lord’s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you.
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Psalm 135:15 NIV
The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
    made by human hands.
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Daniel 3:3 NIV
So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials assembled for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.
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Jeremiah 51:52 NIV
“But days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will punish her idols,
and throughout her land
    the wounded will groan.
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