Bible Verses That Warn About The Dangers And Futility Of Idolatry And The Call To Worship The One True God
From the Torah
1. Exodus 20:3-5
"You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters under the earth. You shall not bow down to them nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me."
2. Deuteronomy 4:15-16
"Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no form when the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure: the likeness of male or female."
3. Deuteronomy 11:16
"Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them."
4. Leviticus 19:4
"Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molded gods: I am the LORD your God."
From the Prophets
5. Isaiah 44:9
"Those who make an image, all of them are useless, and their precious things shall not profit; they are their own witnesses; they neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed."
6. Jeremiah 10:3-5
"For the customs of the peoples are futile; for one cuts a tree from the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax. They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with nails and hammers so that it will not topple. They are upright, like a palm tree, and they cannot speak; they must be carried, because they cannot go by themselves. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, nor can they do any good."
7. Hosea 13:2
"Now they sin more and more, and have made for themselves molded images, idols of their silver, according to their skill; all of it is the work of craftsmen. They say of them, 'Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!'"
8. Ezekiel 14:6
"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: “Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations."’
From the Writings
9. Psalm 115:4-8
"Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes, but they do not see. They have ears, but they do not hear; noses, but they do not smell. They have hands, but they do not feel; feet, but they do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat. Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them."
10. Psalm 135:15-18
"The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see; they have ears, but they do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths. Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them."
These verses collectively emphasize the dangers and futility of idolatry and the call to worship the one true God.