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"You shall not make
for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven
above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I,
the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the
children for the sin of the fathers to the third and
fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love
to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep
my commandments...
Ex 20:4-6, Dt 5:8-10
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| Related New Testament
Passages |
"Therefore since we
are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine
being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by
man's design and skill. In the past God overlooked such
ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to
repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the
world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has
given proof of this to all men by raising him from the
dead." Acts 17:29-31
So then, about eating food sacrificed
to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the
world and that there is no God but one. For even if
there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth
(as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"), yet
for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all
things came and for whom we live; and there is but one
Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and
through whom we live.
1 Co 8:4-6
Therefore, my dear friends, flee from
idolatry.
1Co 10:14
Put to death, therefore, whatever
belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality,
impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is
idolatry.
Col 3:5
Dear children, keep yourselves from
idols.
1 John 5:21
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