Quotes about Idolatry

If the human race would turn from its evil ways and return to God, putting behind its sins of disobedience, idolatry, pride, greed, and belligerence, and all the various aberrations that lead to war, the possibility of peace exists.

Supporters of the [environmental] movement often appear to worship not the God of heaven, but the god of nature. This is a dangerous form of idolatry. Anytime animal life becomes more sacred in our view than human life, we have lost sight of our proper priorities.

The Bible sees greed as a form of idolatry, because a greedy person worships things instead of God. Greed and envy have their roots in selfishness.

No longer, then, follow after false and deceitful gods; abjure them rather, and despise them, bursting forth into true liberty. Gods they are not, but malignant spirits, to whom your eternal happiness will be a sore punishment.

Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones.

The people of this world make a god for themselves in their own image, and in doing so they make God far, far, far, too small.

When we give anything more priority than we give to God, we commit idolatry. Thus we all commit idolatry countless times every day.

Wheresoever thou findest a high mountain or a lofty hill and a green tree, know that an idol is there!

If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.

If you do not worship God, you worship something, and nine times out of ten it will be yourself. You have a duty to worship God, not because He will be imperfect and unhappy if you do not, but because you will be imperfect and unhappy.

A man who makes himself a god must hide; otherwise his false divinity will be unmasked.

Be thankful for the thorns and thistles, which keep you from being in love with this world, and becoming an idolater.