Idol

Idol appears here specifically referencing Milcom, the god of the Ammonites — one of the false deities Solomon is now openly worshiping alongside the Lord.

The golden calves are the idols the people travel to worship at Bethel and Dan — man-made objects Jeroboam set up out of political fear, now functioning as the official gods of the northern kingdom.

Idol appears here as the specific charge at the center of Jeroboam's indictment — the metal calves he erected are named as the core betrayal that triggered divine judgment on his dynasty.

Idols are what Asa systematically dismantles in his reform — removing every foreign god his predecessors had installed, making his reign a deliberate reversal of generations of accumulated spiritual compromise.

Idol worship is cited as the specific charge against Baasha — leading the entire nation into idolatry is the act that sealed his dynasty's destruction.

Idol appears here to characterize Ahab's reign as one built on the worship of false gods — Baal specifically — which God's drought judgment will directly challenge and humiliate.

Idol worship is identified here as the specific sin that caused the drought — Ahab following the Baals is the direct reason the nation has been suffering.

Idol here refers specifically to Baal, the Canaanite god whose 450 prophets Elijah just publicly defeated and executed on Mount Carmel — the confrontation that sets up this entire chapter.

Idol worship is cited as the defining mark of Ahab's reign — he didn't just personally abandon God but institutionalized the veneration of foreign gods as national policy.

Idol worship — specifically Baal — is the concrete expression of Ahaziah's evil, the same Baal cult Jezebel institutionalized and Ahab tolerated, now continuing seamlessly into the next generation.

Idol worship is explicitly ruled out here as context for the high places — the narrator clarifies that Solomon and the people were worshiping the Lord, not false gods, even if the location wasn't ideal.

Idol appears here to name what Israel has been chasing instead of God — not just statues, but the entire system of false worship that broke the covenant relationship.

The idol here is exposed as utterly powerless at the moment of crisis — it couldn't protect its worshipers, couldn't save itself, and ended up as a tribute gift to the enemy.

Idol appears here as the root cause of Israel's downfall — the carved images and Baals they kept running to are directly linked to the Assyrian sword now tearing through their cities.

Idols are cited here as the specific turning point in Ephraim's downfall — the moment they exchanged the living God for handcrafted objects marked the beginning of their spiritual unraveling.

Idols appear in God's own model prayer as the things Israel must explicitly name and renounce — handmade objects they called God, which must be verbally abandoned for repentance to be complete.

Idols are the rivals God is competing against in this chapter — the false gods Israel ran to while crediting them for the prosperity God Himself provided.

Idols here are not abstract — Israel is literally bringing food offerings to idol shrines as part of organized worship, which is the spiritual adultery God is calling Hosea to mirror in his own marriage.

Idols appear here in their most literal and shocking form — actual wooden objects being consulted for guidance, showing how far Israel had drifted from exclusive devotion to God.

Idol worship is cited here as the core betrayal driving God's case against Israel — the repeated pattern of abandoning God for false alternatives that makes the nation's half-hearted repentance so hollow.

The Idol appears again in God's pointed verdict: 'a craftsman made that thing — it is not God,' stripping away any religious legitimacy Israel tried to give it.

Idols are cited here as what Israel has been spiritually chasing instead of God — turning harvest celebrations meant for God into occasions for worshiping false deities.

Idol is introduced here to frame the spiritual disaster coming in this chapter — Israel doesn't just drift toward one false god but assembles an entire collection, making this the most expansive idolatry episode yet in Judges.

An idol is precisely what Micah's mother commissions here — she takes silver she claimed to dedicate to the LORD and has it crafted into a carved image, directly violating the second commandment.

Idols are named in the chapter overview as the stolen sacred objects at the center of the heist narrative — their theft and relocation illustrating how far Israel has drifted from exclusive worship of God.

Idols are described here as the local gods of surrounding cultures — the things Israel was explicitly commanded to tear down, and instead began bowing before.

Idol here contextualizes the Baals and Asheroth for the reader — they weren't just cultural traditions but objects of worship that directly displaced Israel's covenant loyalty to God.

Idolatry is identified here as the direct cause of Israel's military collapse — the song explicitly connects the nation's defenselessness to their decision to chase other gods.

The idol reference frames Gideon's backstory — his "Jerubbaal" alias signals he's already proven his loyalty to God over false gods, setting up why God would trust him with this impossible mission.

The golden ephod becomes an idol as all Israel begins worshiping it — a devastating irony from the same man who destroyed his father's Baal altar earlier in his story.

Idols are named in the introduction as one of the recurring failures Israel kept falling into — a pattern of chasing false gods that the rest of the psalm will document in painful detail.

Idols are introduced in the chapter overview as the foil to God's power — the psalm will later expose them as lifeless constructs, setting up the contrast that gives the praise anthem its rhetorical punch.

Idols appear here as the alternative David consciously rejects — he refuses to join their rituals or even speak their names, framing idol-worship as a path that compounds grief rather than relieving it.

Idol is invoked here as the implicit contrast to the true God — the point being that pagan idols needed feeding, but God, who owns everything, needs nothing from His people.

Idols are what Israel turned to after inheriting the Promised Land — provoking God's jealousy by worshipping carved images instead of the One who had parted seas and rained bread from heaven for them.

Idols are introduced here as the failing alternative — the foreign gods Israel was tempted by are contrasted with the God who actually fed and freed them, exposed as unable to deliver anything real.

Idols are directly contrasted with God here — the psalmist calls them worthless and powerless, exposing the nations' gods as empty knockoffs next to the Creator of the heavens.

Idols are front and center in verses 7–9 as the direct contrast to the enthroned God — those who trusted in human-made images are exposed as having placed their confidence in the wrong thing.

Idol worship is the explicit target of the first commandment — the carved images and foreign gods of the ancient world that Israel must categorically reject as incompatible with covenant loyalty.

Idol worship appears here as one of the three non-negotiable capital offenses — sacrificing to any god other than Yahweh was the ultimate covenant betrayal for a nation defined by exclusive loyalty to God.

Idolatry is the implicit concern behind the prohibition on boiling a goat in its mother's milk — God is drawing a sharp line against adopting Canaanite ritual practices that would blur the distinction between Israel's worship and pagan religion.

Idol worship is the precise sin that broke the original covenant, making it the crisis this entire chapter is responding to — God is renewing what Israel's idolatry destroyed.

An idol is described here as powerless in itself — the meat offered to it is just meat — but Paul insists the spiritual reality behind idol worship involves demonic forces, making participation dangerous.

Idols are the crux of this chapter's controversy — meat sacrificed to them was common in Corinthian markets, forcing believers to decide whether eating it carried any spiritual significance.

Idol worship is the controversy Paul has just finished addressing in chapter 8, providing the backdrop for why some Corinthians are now questioning his authority to guide them at all.

The household idol is a theologically loaded detail — Michal apparently kept a teraphim (a pagan figurine) in David's home, which raises questions about religious syncretism even in the king's household.

Idol worship is front and center here — the Philistines celebrate Saul's death in their idol temples, presenting his defeat as divine validation of their gods over Israel's God.

Dagon is the specific idol here being humiliated — falling face-first before the Ark twice, then found decapitated and de-handed, demonstrating that crafted images cannot coexist with the living God.

Idols are the specific objects God promises to smash here — every carved image in Samaria will be destroyed, their wealth revealed as the corrupt earnings of spiritual betrayal.

Idols appear here in God's comprehensive purge list — the carved images Israel had been bowing to are slated for removal alongside military assets and occult practices.

Idol worship is the root sin God traces back to Omri and Ahab — Israel's corruption wasn't random but followed from systematically replacing God with politically convenient substitutes.

Idol worship is identified here as the specific, recurring consequence of intermarriage with foreign nations — the threat that makes this covenant restriction a matter of national spiritual survival.

Idol worship is identified here as the actual danger of these intermarriages — the problem wasn't ethnicity but that foreign wives drew husbands toward other gods, the pattern Solomon embodied.

The Idol here is specifically the golden calf — the most brazen act of betrayal in Israel's story, crafted and worshipped at the very moment God was handing Moses the covenant law on the mountain above.

Idols are invoked here as the Philistines celebrate their victory before their gods — the desecration of Saul's body becomes an act of pagan worship, a trophy for false deities.

The abandoned Philistine idols on the battlefield represent the total defeat of their false gods — and David's command to burn them is a direct theological statement about who holds real power.

Idols saturate Athens so thoroughly that Paul's spirit is provoked to distress — the city's spiritual confusion becomes the very hook he will use to introduce the one true God.

Idol worship is the economic engine behind the Ephesian riot — a silversmith's profits depended on people buying shrines to Artemis, and Paul's gospel was cutting into sales.

Idols named Sikkuth and Kiyyun are identified here as the specific objects Israel carried in the wilderness — proof that their unfaithfulness to God is not new, and the coming exile is the long-delayed consequence.

Idols are named here as the fatal substitutes Israel chose over God — the cult sites at Dan, Beersheba, and Samaria represent the counterfeit worship systems that will leave their devotees with nowhere to turn when they collapse.

Idol worship is the underlying reason Daniel refuses the king's food — the royal menu was likely consecrated to Babylonian gods, making eating it an act of religious participation Daniel refuses to perform.

The idols are the target of Belshazzar's drunken praise — gods of gold, silver, and stone that cannot see or respond — contrasted implicitly with the living God who is already watching.

The household gods Rachel steals are physical idols representing Laban's religious and possibly legal household authority — their theft is both spiritually significant and strategically dangerous.

Idol is referenced here as the broader problem Jacob's household must address before returning to Bethel — foreign gods accumulated during years of travel that now need to be purged.

Idol appears in the letter's final five words as John's summary of everything he's been warning against — anything that competes with the true God for the top position in your life.

Idols represent what the Thessalonians walked away from — the dead, powerless objects of worship they abandoned when they turned to the living God, marking the before-and-after of their conversion.

The Philistines flee so quickly they abandon their idols on the battlefield — the gods they trusted for victory are left behind as David's men carry them away, a visible symbol of Israel's God over pagan worship.

Idolatry of status is the diagnosis offered here — Haman's inability to enjoy any of his blessings because one person withholds approval reveals that human recognition has become the thing he worships above all else.

Idol worship is the specific danger the intermarriage prohibition was designed to prevent — the surrounding nations' religious practices were the actual threat, and mixed marriages historically became the pipeline through which those practices entered Israel.

Idolatry is the final and most foundational woe — God exposes it not just as sin but as absurdity, since the idol is the work of human hands and cannot breathe, speak, or save.

Idol is the concept underlying Job's denial of both wealth-trust and nature-worship — anything given the role of ultimate security or devotion functions as an idol, regardless of whether it's a carved statue.

Idols are the specific thing Joshua demands be put away — he names the gods of the ancestors beyond the River and the gods of the Amorites as the competing loyalties Israel must actively reject.

The idol Molech is the specific pagan deity described here, whose worship involved the most horrific possible act — burning children — making it the first and most severe violation God addresses.

Idolatry is the real issue driving the marriage condemnations — the problem wasn't ethnicity but the introduction of foreign god-worship into the covenant community through these unions.

Nineveh's idols are specifically targeted for destruction alongside its king — God is not just defeating an empire but dismantling the false religious system that backed it.

Idol worship is identified here as the core failure driving the chapter's disaster — Israel didn't face an army, they simply started treating foreign gods as worthy of devotion.