Summary: What Does the Bible Say About Idols

What Does the Bible Say About Idols

Exodus 20:3

You shall have no other gods before me.

Exodus 20:4

You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Psalm 135:15-17

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see; they have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths.

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Jonah 2:8

Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.