Bible Verses About Idolatry And Images

Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

warning against making carved images

Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.

general anti-idol law text

The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.

direct command to burn graven images and not keep them

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

command against making a graven image

Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

Psalm says graven image worshippers are confounded

Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

same command in Deuteronomy

Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

curse against making image

They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

says makers of graven images are vanity

Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

idols are silver and gold, made by human hands

Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.

general prohibition on setting up images

Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

land filled with idols and work of hands

They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

says carved idols are not gods

And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

depicts bowing to a graven image as idolatry

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

same theme as Psalms 115

Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

short anti-idolatry command from Paul

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

brief command to keep away from idols

As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.