A Classic Bible Study,
which links to the English Standard Version (ESV)
Idleness and Sloth.
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Forbidden Ro 12:11; Heb 6:12.
Produce apathy Pr 12:27; 26:15.
Akin to extravagance Pr 18:9.
Accompanied by conceit Pr 26:16.
Lead to
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Poverty. Pr 10:4; 20:13.
Want. Pr 20:4; 24:34.
Hunger. Pr 19:15; 20:13.
Bondage. Pr 12:24.
Disappointment. Pr 13:4; 21:25.
Ruin. Pr 24:30,31; Ec 10:18.
Tattling and meddling. 1Ti 5:13.
Remonstrance against Pr 6:6,9.
False excuses for Pr 20:4; 22:13.
Illustrated Pr 26:14; Mt 25:18,26.
Exemplified
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Watchmen. Isa 56:10.
Athenians. Ac 17:21.
Thessalonians. 2Th 3:11.
Idolatry.
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Forbidden Ex 20:2,3; De 5:7.
Consists in
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Bowing down to images. Ex 20:5; De 5:9.
Worshipping images. Isa 44:17; Da 3:5,10,15.
Sacrificing to images. Ps 106:38; Ac 7:41.
Worshipping other gods. De 30:17; Ps 81:9.
Swearing by other gods. Ex 23:13; Jos 23:7.
Walking after other gods. De 8:19.
Speaking in the name of other gods. De 18:20.
Looking to other gods. Ho 3:1.
Serving other gods. De 7:4; Jer 5:19.
Fearing other gods. 2Ki 17:35.
Sacrificing to other gods. Ex 22:20.
Worshipping the true God by an image, &c. Ex 32:4-6; Ps 106:19,20.
Worshipping angels. Col 2:18.
Worshipping the host of heaven. De 4:19; 17:3.
Worshipping demons. Mt 4:9-10; Re 9:20.
Worshipping dead men. Ps 106:28.
Setting up idols in the heart. Eze 14:3,4.
Covetousness. Eph 5:5; Col 3:5.
Sensuality. Php 3:19.
Is changing the truth of God into a lie Ro 1:25; Isa 44:20.
Is a work of the flesh Ga 5:19,20.
Incompatible with the service of God Ge 35:2,3; Jos 24:23; 1Sa 7:3; 1Ki 18:21; 2Co 6:15,16.
Described as
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An abomination to God. De 7:25.
Hateful to God. De 16:22; Jer 44:4.
Vain and foolish. Ps 115:4-8; Isa 44:19; Jer 10:3.
Bloody. Eze 23:39.
Abominable. 1Pe 4:3.
Unprofitable. Judg 10:14; Isa 46:7.
Irrational. Ac 17:29; Ro 1:21-23.
Defiling. Eze 20:7; 36:18.
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Forget God. De 8:19; Jer 18:15.
Go astray from God. Eze 44:10.
Pollute the name of God. Eze 20:39.
Defile the sanctuary of God. Eze 5:11.
Are estranged from God. Eze 14:5.
Forsake God. 2Ki 22:17; Jer 16:11.
Hate God. 2Ch 19:2,3.
Provoke God. De 31:20; Isa 65:3; Jer 25:6.
Are vain in their imaginations. Ro 1:21.
Are ignorant and foolish. Ro 1:21,22.
Inflame themselves. Isa 57:5.
Hold fast their deceit. Jer 8:5.
Carried away by it. 1Co 12:2.
Go after it in heart. Eze 20:16.
Are mad upon it. Jer 50:38.
Boast of it. Ps 97:7.
Have fellowship with devils. Ho 4:12.
Ask counsel of their idols. Ho 4:12.
Look to idols for deliverance. Isa 44:17; 45:20.
Swear by their idols. Am 8:14.
Objects of described as
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Strange gods. Ge 35:2,4; Jos 24:20.
Other gods. Judg 2:12,17; 1Ki 14:9.
New gods. De 32:17; Judg 5:8.
Gods that cannot save. Isa 45:20.
Gods that have not made the heavens. Jer 10:11.
No gods. Jer 5:7; Ga 4:8.
Molten gods. Ex 34:17; Le 19:4.
Molten images. De 27:15; Hab 2:18.
Graven images. Isa 45:20; Ho 11:2.
Senseless idols. De 4:28; Ps 115:5,7.
Dumb idols. Hab 2:18.
Dumb Stones. Hab 2:19.
Stocks. Jer 3:9; Ho 4:12.
Abominations. Isa 44:19; Jer 32:34.
Images of abomination. Eze 7:20.
Idols of abomination. Eze 16:36.
Stumbling blocks. Eze 14:3.
Teachers of lies. Hab 2:18.
Wind and confusion. Isa 41:29.
Nothing. Isa 41:24; 1Co 8:4.
Helpless. Jer 10:5.
Vanity. Jer 18:15.
Vanities of the Gentiles. Jer 14:22.
Obstinate sinners judicially given up to De 4:28; 28:64; Ho 4:17.
Warnings against De 4:15-19.
Exhortations to turn from Eze 14:6; 20:7; Ac 14:15.
Renounced on conversion 1Th 1:9.
Led to abominable sins Ro 1:26-32; Ac 15:20.
Saints should
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Keep from. Jos 23:7; 1Jo 5:21.
Flee from. 1Co 10:14.
Not have anything connected with in their houses. De 7:26.
Not partake of any thing connected with. 1Co 10:19,20.
Not have religious intercourse with those who practise. Jos 23:7; 1Co 5:11.
Not covenant with those who practise. Ex 34:12,15; De 7:2.
Not intermarry with those who practise. Ex 34:16; De 7:3.
Testify against. Ac 14:15; 19:26.
Refuse to engage in, though threatened with death. Da 3:18.
Saints refuse to receive the worship of Ac 10:25,26; 14:11-15.
Angels refuse to receive the worship of Re 22:8,9.
Destruction of, promised Eze 36:25; Zec 13:2.
Everything connected with, should be destroyed Ex 34:13; De 7:5; 2Sa 5:21; 2Ki 23:14.
Woe denounced against Hab 2:19.
Curse denounced against De 27:15.
Punishment of
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Judicial death. De 17:2-5.
Dreadful judgments which end in death. Jer 8:2; 16:1-11.
Banishment. Jer 8:3; Ho 8:5-8; Am 5:26,27.
Exclusion from heaven. 1Co 6:9,10; Eph 5:5; Re 22:15.
Eternal torments. Re 14:9-11; 21:8.
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Israel. Ex 32:1; 2Ki 17:12.
Philistines. Judg 16:23.
Micah. Judg 17:4,5.
Jeroboam. 1Ki 12:28.
Maachah. 1Ki 15:13.
Ahab. 1Ki 16:31.
Jezebel. 1Ki 18:19.
Sennacherib. 2Ki 19:37.
Manasseh. 2Ki 21:4-7.
Amon. 2Ki 21:21.
Ahaz. 2Ch 28:3.
Judah. Jer 11:13.
Nebuchadnezzar. Da 3:1.
Belshazzar. Da 5:23.
People of Lystra. Ac 14:11,12.
Athenians. Ac 17:16.
Ephesians. Ac 19:28.
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Asa. 1Ki 15:12.
Josiah. 2Ki 23:5.
Jehoshaphat. 2Ch 17:6.
Israel. 2Ch 31:1.
Manasseh. 2Ch 33:15.
All heathen nations given up to Ps 96:5; Ro 1:23,25; 1Co 12:2.
Led the heathen to think that their gods visited the earth in bodily shapes Ac 14:11.
Led the heathen to consider their gods to have but a local influence 1Ki 20:23; 2Ki 17:26.
Objects of
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The heavenly bodies. 2Ki 23:5; Ac 7:42.
Angels. Col 2:18.
Departed spirits. 1Sa 28:14,15.
Earthly creatures. Ro 1:23.
Images. De 29:17; Ps 115:4; Isa 44:17.
Altars raised for 1Ki 18:26; Ho 8:11.
Accompanied by feasts 2Ki 10:20; 1Co 10:27,28.
Objects of, worshipped
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With sacrifices. Nu 22:40; 2Ki 10:24.
With libations. Isa 57:6; Jer 19:13.
With incense. Jer 48:35.
With prayer. 1Ki 18:26; Isa 44:17.
With singing and dancing. Ex 32:18,19; 1Ki 18:26; 1Co 10:7.
By bowing to them. 1Ki 19:18; 2Ki 5:18.
By kissing them. 1Ki 19:18; Ho 13:2.
By kissing the hand to them. Job 31:26,27.
By cutting the flesh. 1Ki 18:28.
By burning children. De 12:31; 2Ch 33:6; Jer 19:4,5; Eze 16:21.
In temples. 2Ki 5:18.
On high places. Nu 22:41; Jer 2:20.
In groves. Ex 34:13.
Under trees. Isa 57:5; Jer 2:20.
In private houses. Judg 17:4,5.
On the tops of houses. 2Ki 23:12; Zep 1:5.
In secret places. Isa 57:8.
Divination connected with 2Ch 33:6.
Victims sacrificed in, often adorned with garlands Ac 14:13.
Idols, mentioned in Scripture
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Adrammelech. 2Ki 17:31.
Anammelech. 2Ki 17:31.
Ashima. 2Ki 17:30.
Ashtoreth. Judg 2:13; 1Ki 11:33.
Baal. Judg 2:11-13; 6:25.
Baal-berith. Judg 8:33; 9:4,46.
Baal-peor. Nu 25:1-3.
Baalzebub. 2Ki 1:2,16.
Baal-zephon. Ex 14:2.
Bel. Jer 50:2; 51:44.
Chemosh. Nu 21:29; 1Ki 11:33.
Chiun. Am 5:26.
Dagon. Judg 16:23; 1Sa 5:1-3.
Diana. Ac 19:24,27.
Huzzab. Na 2:7.
Jupiter. Ac 14:12.
Mercury. Ac 14:12.
Molech or Milcom. Le 18:21; 1Ki 11:5,33.
Merodach. Jer 50:2.
Nergal. 2Ki 17:30.
Nebo. Isa 46:1.
Nibhaz and Tartak. 2Ki 17:31.
Nisroch. 2Ki 19:37.
Queen of heaven. Jer 44:17,25.
Remphan. Ac 7:43.
Rimmon. 2Ki 5:18.
Succothbenoth. 2Ki 17:30.
Tammuz. Eze 8:14.
Early notice of, amongst God's professing people Ge 31:19,30; 35:1-4; Jos 24:2.
The Jews
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Practised, in Egypt. Jos 24:14; Eze 23:3,19.
Brought, out of Egypt with them. Eze 23:8; Ac 7:39-41.
Forbidden to practise. Ex 20:1-5; 23:24.
Often mixed up, with God's worship. Ex 32:1-5; 1Ki 12:27,28.
Followed the Canaanites in. Judg 2:11-13; 1Ch 5:25.
Followed the Moabites in. Nu 25:1-3.
Followed the Assyrians in. Eze 16:28-30; 23:5-7.
Followed the Syrians in. Judg 10:6.
Adopted by the wicked kings 1Ki 21:26; 2Ki 21:21; 2Ch 28:2-4; 33:3,7.
Example of the kings encouraged Israel in 1Ki 12:30; 2Ki 21:11; 2Ch 33:9.
Great prevalence of, in Israel Isa 2:8; Jer 2:28; Eze 8:10.
A virtual forsaking of God Jer 2:9-13.
The good kings of Judah endeavoured to destroy 2Ch 15:16; 34:7.
Captivity of Israel on account of 2Ki 17:6-18.
Captivity of Judah on account of 2Ki 17:19-23.




