Bible verses about "idolatry" | LXX2012

¹ And the Lord spoke all these words, saying: ² I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. ³ You shall have no other gods beside me. ⁴ You shall not make to yourself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth. ⁵ You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord your God, a jealous God, recompensing the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me, ⁶ and bestowing mercy on them that love me to thousands [of them], and on them that keep my commandments. ⁷ You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord your God will not acquit him that takes his name in vain. ⁸ Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy.

⁴ As for the works of men, by the words of your lips I have guarded [myself from] hard ways.

¹⁵ and overthrew Pharao and his host in the Red Sea: for his mercy endures for ever. ¹⁶ To him who led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy [endures] for ever. ¹⁷ To him who struck great kings: for his mercy [endures] for ever: ¹⁸ and killed mighty kings; for his mercy [endures] for ever:

¹² And the cities of Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem shall go, and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense; which shall not deliver them in the time of their troubles.

⁴ You⌃ shall not follow idols, and you⌃ shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I [am] the Lord your God.

⁹ But they that framed [false gods] did not then listen; and they that graved [images] are all vain, performing their own desires, which shall not profit them, but they shall be ashamed ¹⁰ that form a god, and all that grave worthless things: ¹¹ and all by whom they were made are withered: yes, let all the deaf be gathered from [among] men, and let them stand together; and let them be ashamed and confounded together: ¹² For the artificer sharpens the iron; he fashions [the idol] with an axe, and fixes it with an awl, and fashions it with the strength of his arm: and he will be hungry and weak, and will drink no water. ¹³ The artificer having chosen a piece of wood, marks it out with a rule, and fits it with glue, and makes it as the form of a man, and as the beauty of a man, to set it up in the house. ¹⁴ He cuts wood out of the forest, which the Lord planted, [even] a pine tree, and the rain made it grow, ¹⁵ that it might be for men to burn: and having taken part of it he warms himself; yes, they burn part of it, and bake loaves thereon; and [of] the rest they make for themselves gods, and they worship them. ¹⁶ Half thereof he burns in the fire, and with half of it he bakes loaves on the coals; and having roasted flesh on it he eats, and is satisfied, and having warmed himself he says, I am comfortable, for I have warmed myself, and have seen the fire. ¹⁷ And the rest he makes a graven god, and worships, and prays, saying, Deliver me; for you are my God. ¹⁸ They have no understanding to perceive; for they have been blinded so that they should not see with their eyes, nor perceive with their heart. ¹⁹ And one has not considered in his mind, nor known in his understanding, that he has burnt up half of it in the fire, and baked loaves on the coals thereof and has roasted and eaten flesh, and of the rest of it he has made an abomination, and they worship it. ²⁰ Know you that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul: see, you⌃ will not say, [There is a] lie in my right hand.

⁸ When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to you into your holy temple.

³ You shall have no other gods beside me. ⁴ You shall not make to yourself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth. ⁵ You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord your God, a jealous God, recompensing the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me, ⁶ and bestowing mercy on them that love me to thousands [of them], and on them that keep my commandments.