Bible verses about Idolatry
Verses that warn against putting anything in the place of God.
You shall have no other gods before Me.
Exodus 20:3You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
Exodus 20:4You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Exodus 20:5Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 19:4Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
1 Corinthians 10:14Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
1 John 5:21Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Romans 1:23They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.
Romans 1:25Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
Psalms 115:4Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
Psalms 115:8I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
Isaiah 42:8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
Jonah 2:8Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
1 Samuel 12:21For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
Psalms 96:5Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.”
1 Corinthians 10:7idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
Galatians 5:20Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”
Jeremiah 10:5