Scripture GeneratorBible Verses About Idolatry
Verses on idolatry — the ancient temptation to worship anything other than God, and the call to guard our hearts from substitutes.
Idolatry is not just bowing to stone statues — it is placing anything above God in your affections, loyalties, or trust. These verses on idolatry begin with the first commandment: you shall have no other gods before me. Covetousness is idolatry. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. An idol is anything you look to for what only God can give — security, identity, worth, salvation. The call is not simply to avoid bad things but to worship the true God wholeheartedly.
“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”
Exodus 20:3
More Verses for Idolatry
“Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.”
Isaiah 44:6
“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.”
1 John 5:21
“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry.”
Colossians 3:5
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