73 Bible Verses about Idols
Want to know what the Bible says about Idols? Here are 73 Bible verses about Idols 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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Isaiah 2:20 NIV
In that day people will throw away
to the moles and bats
their idols of silver and idols of gold,
which they made to worship.
to the moles and bats
their idols of silver and idols of gold,
which they made to worship.
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Luke 9:25 NIV
What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?
15
Matthew 6:33 NIV
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
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Job 22:22-24 NIV
22 Accept instruction from his mouth
and lay up his words in your heart.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored:
If you remove wickedness far from your tent
24 and assign your nuggets to the dust,
your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
and lay up his words in your heart.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored:
If you remove wickedness far from your tent
24 and assign your nuggets to the dust,
your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
12
Exodus 32:4 NIV
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.”
12
1 Peter 4:3 NIV
For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.
12
Psalm 97:7 NIV
All who worship images are put to shame,
those who boast in idols —
worship him, all you gods!
those who boast in idols —
worship him, all you gods!
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Psalm 16:4 NIV
Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.
I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
or take up their names on my lips.
I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
or take up their names on my lips.
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Hosea 8:4 NIV
They set up kings without my consent;
they choose princes without my approval.
With their silver and gold
they make idols for themselves
to their own destruction.
they choose princes without my approval.
With their silver and gold
they make idols for themselves
to their own destruction.
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