Idolatry
Scripture's insistence that God alone is worthy of worship, and its sharpest satire of the alternative.
Exod 20:3-4
Read in full chapter →3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
See also: Deuteronomy 5:7, Matthew 4:10
4Thou 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.
See also: Deuteronomy 5:8, Deuteronomy 5:9
Isa 44:17
Read in full chapter →17And 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.
See also: Hosea 13:2, Isaiah 45:20
Wisdom 14:12
Read in full chapter →12For the devising of idols was the beginning of spiritual fornication, and the invention of them the corruption of life.
Bel 1:7
Read in full chapter →7Then Daniel smiled, and said, O king, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without, and did never eat or drink any thing.
See also: Isaiah 44:9
1 Cor 10:14
Read in full chapter →14Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
See also: 2 Timothy 2:22, 1 John 5:21