1 John 5:21
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21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.[a]
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- 5.21 Other ancient authorities add Amen
1 Corinthians 10:14
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14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from the worship of idols.(A)
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1 Corinthians 10:7
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7 Do not become idolaters as some of them did, as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play.”(A)
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1 John 2:1
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Christ Our Advocate
2 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous,(A)
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Exodus 20:3-4
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3 you shall have no other gods before[a] me.(A)
4 “You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth.(B)
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2 Corinthians 6:16-17
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16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we[a] are the temple of the living God, as God said,
“I will live in them[b] and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.(A)
17 Therefore come out from them,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch nothing unclean;
then I will welcome you,(B)
Matthew 6:13
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Revelation 14:11
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11 And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image and for anyone who receives the brand of its name.”(A)
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Revelation 13:14-15
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14 and by the signs that it is allowed to perform on behalf of the beast it deceives the inhabitants of earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that had been wounded by the sword[a] and yet lived,(A) 15 and it was allowed to give breath[b] to the image of the beast so that the image of the beast could even speak and cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
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Revelation 9:20
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20 The rest of humankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands or give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 1:9
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9 For they report about us what kind of welcome we had among you and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God(A)
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