Satan Accepts Third-party Worship

Re 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should
both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. {life:
Gr. breath}
Re 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the
beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
Re 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

God Only Accepts Direct Worship

Satan Bribes to Worship; God Seeks True Worshippers
Mt 4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Mt 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the
Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit
and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Joh 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Satan Accepts Ignorant Worship; God Seeks Worship with Understanding

Ac 17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO
THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
{devotions: or, gods that ye worship}
Ac 17:25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he
giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
Jer 44:18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings
unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. (See
v. 25)

Honoring Man's Works and Man's Commands is Idolatry

Honoring God's Creative Power and Divine Right to Rule is Worship
Mt 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Isa 2:8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own
fingers have made: [et al.]
Re 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is
come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Re 4:10-11 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him
that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord,
to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are
and were created.
Re 5:9, 12, 14 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the
seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and
tongue, and people, and nation;. . . Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to
receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. . . . And the
four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for
ever and ever.
Hezekiah vs Enemy
The Mark of the Beast
The Fiery Furnace

Ge 22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder
and worship, and come again to you.
Ge 24:26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
Ge 24:48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master
Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
Ge 24:52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD,
bowing himself to the earth.
Ex 4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and
that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Ex 12:27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’S passover, who passed over the houses of the
children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the
head and worshipped.
Ex 24:1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of
the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
Ex 33:10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and
worshipped, every man in his tent door.
Ex 34:8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
De 26:10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And
thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:
Jos 5:14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face
to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? {captain: or, prince}
Jud 7:15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he
worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the
host of Midian. {interpretation: Heb. breaking}
1Sa 1:3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in
Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. {yearly: Heb. from
year to year}
1Sa 1:19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to
their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
1Sa 1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he
worshipped the LORD there. {lent him: or, returned him, whom I have obtained by petition} {he shall…: or, he
whom I have obtained by petition shall be returned}
1Sa 15:25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
1Sa 15:30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and
before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
1Sa 15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
2Sa 12:20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and
came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they
set bread before him, and he did eat.
2Sa 15:32 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God,
behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
2Ki 5:18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to
worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself
in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
2Ki 17:36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out
arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
2Ki 18:22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose
altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in
Jerusalem?
2Ki 19:37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and
Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his
son reigned in his stead. {Armenia: Heb. Ararat}
2Ki 21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars
for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
2Ch 7:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and
shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
2Ch 7:22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them
forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore
hath he brought all this evil upon them.
2Ch 32:12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and
Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?
2Ch 33:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars
for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. {he built…: Heb. he
returned and built}
2Ki 21:21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served,
and worshipped them:
1Ch 16:29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship
the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
1Ch 29:20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation
blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
2Ch 7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the
house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised
the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
2Ch 20:18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
2Ch 29:28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this
continued until the burnt offering was finished. {singers: Heb. song}
2Ch 29:29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed
themselves, and worshipped. {present: Heb. found}
2Ch 29:30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD
with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their
heads and worshipped.
Ne 8:6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up
their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Ne 9:3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part
of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
Ne 9:6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the
earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of
heaven worshippeth thee.
Job 1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and
worshipped, {mantle: or, robe}
Ps 5:7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship
toward thy holy temple. {thy holy…: Heb. the temple of thy holiness}
Ps 22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations
shall worship before thee.
Ps 22:29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before
him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
Ps 29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. {the
glory…: Heb. the honour of his name} {in…: or, in his glorious sanctuary}
Ps 45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
Ps 66:4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
Ps 86:9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy
name.
Ps 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
Ps 96:9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. {in the…: or, in the
glorious sanctuary}
Ps 99:5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. {he is…: or, it is holy}
Ps 99:9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
Ps 132:7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
Ps 138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth:
for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Isa 27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which
were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in
the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Isa 36:7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars
Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
Isa 49:7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him
whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because
of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. {whom man…: or, that is
despised in soul}
Isa 66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall
all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. {from one new…: Heb. from new moon to his new moon,
and from sabbath to his sabbath}
Jer 7:2 Stand in the gate of the LORD’S house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the
LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD....[Amend your ways and you won't
be punished.]
Jer 25:6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger
with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
Jer 26:2 Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD’S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah,
which come to worship in the LORD’S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them;
diminish not a word:...[if not hearken and obey, Jerusalem like Shiloh]
Jer 44:19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we
make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? {men: or, husbands?}
Eze 8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’S house, and, behold, at the door of the
temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Eze 46:2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of
the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the
threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
Eze 46:3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the
sabbaths and in the new moons.
Eze 46:9 But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in
by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the
way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate
whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.
Zep 2:11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall
worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. {famish: Heb. make lean}
Zec 14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem
shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of
tabernacles.
Zec 14:17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to
worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
Mt 2:2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to
worship him.
Mt 2:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye
have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
Mt 2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell
down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts;
gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. {presented: or, offered}
Mt 4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Mt 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy
God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Mt 8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me
clean.
Mt 9:18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him,
saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
Mt 14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of
God.
Mt 15:25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Mt 18:26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and
I will pay thee all. {worshipped him: or, besought him}
Mt 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a
certain thing of him.
Mt 28:9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and
held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
Mt 28:17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
Mr 5:6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
Mr 7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Mr 15:19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees
worshipped him.
Lu 4:7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. {worship me: or, fall down before me}
Lu 4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship
the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Lu 24:52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
Joh 4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men
ought to worship.
Joh 4:21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this
mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Joh 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
Joh 9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his
will, him he heareth.
Joh 9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
Joh 12:20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
Ac 8:27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace
queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
Ac 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped
God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Ac 18:7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man’s house, named Justus, one that worshipped
God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
Ac 18:13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
Ac 24:11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem
for to worship.
Ac 24:14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my
fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
Ro 1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the
Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. {more: or, rather}
1Co 14:25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will
worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
Php 3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have
no confidence in the flesh.
Heb 1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God
worship him. {again…: or, when he bringeth again}
Heb 10:2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged
should have had no more conscience of sins. {would…: or, they would have ceased to be offered, because, etc.}
Heb 11:21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning
upon the top of his staff.
Re 4:10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth
for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,....
Re 5:14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that
liveth for ever and ever.
Re 7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell
before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
Re 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the
temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
Re 11:16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and
worshipped God,
Re 15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall
come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Re 19:4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the
throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
Re 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant,
and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of
prophecy.
Re 22:8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship
before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
Re 22:9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets,
and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Ex 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a
molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which
have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Ex 34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
De 4:19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars,
even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath
divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. {divided: or, imparted}
De 8:19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them,
and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
De 11:16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and
worship them;
De 17:3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host
of heaven, which I have not commanded;
De 29:26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he
had not given unto them: {whom he…: or, who had not given to them any portion} {given: Heb. divided}
De 30:17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other
gods, and serve them;
1Ki 9:6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments
and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
1Ki 9:9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out
of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them:
therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
1Ki 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians,
Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my
ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
1Ki 12:30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
1Ki 16:31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and
worshipped him. {as if…: Heb. was it a light thing, etc}
1Ki 22:53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according
to all that his father had done.
2Ki 10:19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be
wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it
in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
2Ki 10:21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man
left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to
another. {full…: or, so full that they stood mouth to mouth}
2Ki 10:22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal.
And he brought them forth vestments.
2Ki 10:23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the
worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the
worshippers of Baal only.
2Ki 17:16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even
two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
2Ki 18:22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose
altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in
Jerusalem?
2Ki 19:37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and
Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his
son reigned in his stead. {Armenia: Heb. Ararat}
2Ki 21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars
for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
2Ch 7:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and
shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
2Ch 7:22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them
forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore
hath he brought all this evil upon them.
2Ch 32:12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and
Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?
2Ch 33:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars
for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. {he built…: Heb. he
returned and built}
Ps 81:9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
Ps 97:7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye
gods.
Ps 106:19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
Isa 2:20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for
himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; {his idols of silver…: Heb. the idols of his silver, etc} {each…:
or, for him}
Isa 37:38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and
Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son
reigned in his stead. {Armenia: Heb. Ararat}
Isa 44:15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and
baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
Isa 44:17 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.
Isa 46:6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it
a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
Jer 1:16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and
have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
Jer 8:2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have
loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom
they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the
earth.
Jer 13:10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and
walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for
nothing. {imagination: or, stubbornness}
Jer 16:11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have
walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not
kept my law;
Jer 22:9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and
worshipped other gods, and served them.
Da 2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they
should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
Da 3:5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds
of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: {dulcimer: or,
singing: Chaldee, symphony}
Da 3:6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning
fiery furnace.
Da 3:7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery,
and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden
image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Da 3:10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp,
sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
{dulcimer: or, singing: Chaldee, symphony}
Da 3:11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery
furnace.
Da 3:12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the
golden image which thou hast set up. {have…: Chaldee, have set no regard upon thee}
Da 3:14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye
serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? {true: or, of purpose}
Da 3:15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and
dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye
worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that
shall deliver you out of my hands? {dulcimer: or, singing: Chaldee, symphony}
Da 3:18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden
image which thou hast set up.
Da 3:28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who
hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded
their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
Mic 5:13 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. {standing…: or, statues}
Zep 1:5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by
the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; {by the…: or, to the LORD}
Ac 7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the
prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the
wilderness?
Ac 7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to
worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Ac 10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
Ac 19:27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great
goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world
worshippeth. {set at nought: or, brought into disrepute, or, contempt}
Ac 19:35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that
knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image
which fell down from Jupiter? {a worshipper: Gr. the temple keeper}
Col 2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding
into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, {beguile…: or, judge against
you} {in a…: Gr. being a voluntary in humility}
Col 2:23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the
body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh. {neglecting: or, punishing, or, not sparing}
2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as
God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Re 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie;
behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
Re 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their
hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood:
which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Re 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of
the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Re 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which
dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Re 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his
image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Re 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night,
who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Re 16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore
upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
Re 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which
he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were
cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Re 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of
them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the
beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and
reigned with Christ a thousand years.