Quotes about Idolatry
They told me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!’
- Exodus 32:23
So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, let him take it off,’ and they gave it to me. And when I threw it into the fire, out came this calf!”
- Exodus 32:24
So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.
- Exodus 32:31
And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
- Exodus 32:35
Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
- Exodus 34:13
For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
- Exodus 34:14
Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
- Exodus 34:15
And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.
- Exodus 34:16
You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.
- Exodus 34:17
They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’
- Leviticus 17:7
You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 18:21
Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 19:4