"He
said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there.
We will worship and then we will come back to
you."
Genesis 22:5
And GOD said, "I
will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I
who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship
GOD on this mountain."
Exodus 3:12
"And
I told you, "Let MY son go, so that he may worship
ME." But you refused to let him go; so I
will kill your firstborn son.'"
Exodus 4:23
"Then
say to him, `The LORD, the GOD
of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let MY people go,
so that they may worship ME in
the desert. But until now you have not listened."
Exodus 7:16
"Then
the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him,
`This is what the LORD says: Let MY
people go, so that they may worship ME."
Exodus
8:1
"Then the LORD said to Moses, "Get up
early in the morning and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the water and say to him, `This is
what the LORD says: Let MY
people go, so that they may worship ME."
Exodus
8:20
"Then the LORD
said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, `This is what the LORD,
the GOD of the Hebrews, says: "Let MY
people go, so that they may worship ME."
Exodus
9:1
"Then the LORD said to Moses, "Get up
early in the morning, confront Pharaoh and say to him, `This is what the LORD,
the GOD of the Hebrews, says: Let MY
people go, so that they may worship ME."
Exodus
9:13
"So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "This is what
the LORD, the GOD of the
Hebrews, says: `How long will you refuse to humble yourself before ME?
Let MY people go, so that they may worship
ME."
Exodus 10:3
"Pharaoh's
officials said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people
go, so that they may worship the LORD
their GOD. Do you not yet realise that Egypt is
ruined?"
Exodus 10:7
"Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to
Pharaoh. "Go, worship the LORD
your GOD," he said. "But just who will be
going?"
Exodus 10:8
"No! Let only the men go; and worship
the LORD, since that's what you have been asking for."
Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh's presence."
Exodus 10:11
"Then
Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, "Go, worship the LORD.
Even your women and children may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds
behind."
Exodus 10:24
"Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof
is to be left behind. We have to use some of them in worshipping
the LORD our GOD, and until we
get there we will not know what we are to use to worship the LORD."
Exodus
10:26
"During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Up!
Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship
the LORD as you have requested."
Exodus 12:31
"You
shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I,
the LORD your GOD, am a jealous GOD,
punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of
those who hate ME"
Exodus 20:5
"Do not
bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their
practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces."
Exodus
23:24
"Worship the LORD
your GOD, and HIS blessing will
be on your food and water. I will take away sickness
from among you."
Exodus 23:25
"Do
not let them live in your land, or they will cause you to sin against ME,
because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare
to you."
Exodus 23:33
"Then HE said to
Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and
Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. You are to worship
at a distance."
Exodus 24:1
"Do not worship
any other god, for the LORD, whose Name is Jealous, is a
jealous GOD."
Exodus 34:14
"There
you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which
cannot see or hear or eat or smell."
Deuteronomy 4:28
"You shall not
bow down to them or worship them; for I,
the LORD your GOD, am a jealous GOD,
punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of
those who hate ME."
Deuteronomy 5:9
"If
you ever forget the LORD your GOD
and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I
testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed."
Deuteronomy 8:19
"Be
careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship
other gods and bow down to them."
Deuteronomy 11:16
"Destroy
completely all the places on the high mountains and on the hills and under every spreading
tree where the nations you are dispossessing worship their
gods."
Deuteronomy 12:2
"You must not worship
the LORD your GOD in their
way."
Deuteronomy 12:4
"You
must not worship the LORD your GOD
in their way, because in worshipping their gods, they do all
kinds of detestable things the LORD hates. They even
burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods."
Deuteronomy 12:31
"If the sign or wonder of which he has spoken takes
place, and he says, "Let us follow other gods" (gods you have not known)
"and let us worship them."
Deuteronomy 13:2
"If
your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest
friend secretly entices you, saying, "Let us go and worship
other gods" (gods that neither you nor your fathers have known."
Deuteronomy
13:6
"Wicked men have arisen
among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying, "Let us go and worship
other gods" (gods you have not known)."
Deuteronomy 13:13
"The LORD
will drive you and the king you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your fathers.
There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and
stone."
Deuteronomy 28:36
"Then the LORD
will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There
you will worship other gods--gods of wood and stone, which
neither you nor your fathers have known."
Deuteronomy 28:64
"Make
sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from
the LORD our GOD to go and worship
the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter
poison."
Deuteronomy 29:18
"But if your heart turns away and you are
not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship
them."
Deuteronomy 30:17
"When I have
brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I
promised on oath to their forefathers, and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will
turn to other gods and worship them, rejecting ME
and breaking MY covenant."
Deuteronomy 31:20
"On
the contrary, it is to be a witness between us and you and the generations that follow,
that we will worship the LORD at
HIS sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices and
fellowship offerings. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to
ours, `You have no share in the LORD.'"
Joshua 22:27
"I
said to you, `I am the LORD
your GOD; do not worship the
gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.' But you have not listened to ME."
Judges
6:10
"Year after year this man went up from his town to worship
and sacrifice to the LORD ALMIGHTY
at Shiloh, where Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were priests of the LORD."
1
Samuel 1:3
"Now I beg you,
forgive my sin and come back with me, so that I may worship
the LORD."
1 Samuel 15:25
"Saul replied,
"I have sinned. But please honour me before the elders of my people and before
Israel; come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD
your GOD."
1 Samuel 15:30
"While your
servant was living at Geshur in Aram, I made this vow: `If the LORD
takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD
in Hebron.'"
2 Samuel 15:8
"When
David arrived at the summit, where people used to worship GOD,
Hushai the Arkite was there to meet him, his robe torn and dust on his head."
2
Samuel 15:32
"Also, the royal officials have come to congratulate our lord
King David, saying, `May your GOD make Solomon's name more
famous than yours and his throne greater than yours!' And the king bowed in worship
on his bed."
1 Kings 1:47
"But if you or your sons turn away from ME
and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you
and go off to serve other gods and worship them, then I
will cut off Israel from the land I have given them and will
reject this temple I have consecrated for MY Name.
Israel will then become a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples."
1
Kings 9:6,7
"And this thing
became a sin; the people went even as far as Dan to worship
the one there."
1 Kings 12:30
"So Jehu destroyed Baal worship
in Israel."
2 Kings 10:28
"However, he did not turn away from the sins
of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit--the worship
of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan."
2 Kings 10:29
"When
they first lived there, they did not worship the LORD;
so HE sent lions among them and they killed some of the
people."
2 Kings 17:25
"So one of the priests who had been exiled from
Samaria came to live in Bethel and taught them how to worship
the LORD."
2 Kings 17:28
"To this day
they persist in their former practices. They neither worship
the LORD nor adhere to the decrees and ordinances, the laws
and commands that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob,
whom HE named Israel."
2 Kings 17:34
"When
the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites, HE
commanded them: "Do not worship any other gods or bow
down to them, serve them or sacrifice to them."
2 Kings 17:35
"But the
LORD, who brought you up out of Egypt with mighty power and
outstretched arm, is the ONE you must worship.
To HIM you shall bow down and to HIM
offer sacrifices."
2 Kings 17:36
"You must always be careful to keep
the decrees and ordinances, the laws and commands HE wrote
for you. Do not worship other gods."
2 Kings
17:37
"Do not forget the
covenant I have made with you, and do not worship
other gods."
2 Kings 17:38
"Rather, worship
the LORD your GOD; it is HE
who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies."
2 Kings 17:39
"And
if you say to me, "We are depending on the LORD our GOD"
--isn't HE the ONE whose high
places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, "You must worship
before this altar in Jerusalem"?
2 Kings 18:22
"Ascribe
to the LORD the glory due to HIS
Name. Bring an offering and come before HIM; worship
the LORD in the splendour of HIS
holiness."
1 Chronicles 16:29
"But if you turn away and forsake the
decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve
other gods and worship them, then I
will uproot Israel from my land, which I have given them, and
will reject this temple which I have consecrated for MY
Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule
among all peoples.
"2 Chronicles 7:19,20
"Jehoshaphat bowed with his
face to the ground, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down in worship
before the LORD."
2 Chronicles 20:18
"The
whole assembly bowed in worship, while the singers sang and
the trumpeters played. All this continued until the sacrifice of the burnt offering
was completed."
2 Chronicles 29:28
"Did not Hezekiah himself remove
this god's high places and altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, `You must worship
before one altar and burn sacrifices on it'?"
2 Chronicles 32:12
"Deliver
to the GOD of Jerusalem all the articles entrusted to you for
worship in the temple of your GOD."
Ezra
7:19
"YOU
alone are the LORD. You
made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all
that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. YOU
give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship
YOU."
Nehemiah 9:6
"At
this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground
in worship."
Job 1:20
"But I, by YOUR
great mercy, will come into YOUR house; in reverence will I worship
towards YOUR holy temple."
Psalms 5:7
"All
the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and
all the families of the nations will worship before
HIM."
Psalms 22:27
"All the
rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to
the dust will kneel before HIM--those who cannot keep
themselves alive."
Psalms 22:29
"Ascribe to the LORD
the glory due to HIS Name; worship
the LORD in the splendour of HIS
holiness."
Psalms 29:2
"All
the earth worships YOU; they
sing praise to YOU, they sing praise to YOUR
Name." Selah
Psalms 66:4
"You shall have no foreign god among you; you
shall not worship an alien god."
Psalms 81:9
"All
the nations YOU have made will come and worship before YOU,
O LORD; they will bring glory to YOUR
Name."
Psalms 86:9
"Come,
let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD
our Maker."
Psalms 95:6
"Worship
the LORD in the splendour of HIS
holiness; tremble before HIM, all the earth."
Psalms
96:9
"All who worship images are put to shame,
those who boast in idols-- worship HIM,
all you gods!"
Psalms 97:7
"Exalt
the LORD our GOD and worship
at HIS footstool; HE is
holy."
Psalms 99:5
"Exalt the LORD our GOD
and worship at HIS holy
mountain, for the LORD our GOD
is holy."
Psalms 99:9
"Worship the LORD
with gladness; come before HIM
with joyful songs."
Psalms 100:2
"When
the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD."
Psalms
102:22
"Let us go to HIS dwelling-place; let us worship
at HIS footstool."
Psalms 132:7
"I will worship
towards YOUR holy temple and will praise YOUR
Name for YOUR love and YOUR
faithfulness, for YOU have exalted above all things YOUR
Name and YOUR Word."
Psalms 138:2
"Their
land is full of idols; they worship the work of their hands,
to what their fingers have made."
Isaiah 2:8
"In that day men will
throw away to the rodents and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they
made to worship."
Isaiah 2:20
"So the LORD
will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge the LORD.
They will worship with sacrifices and grain offerings;
they will make vows to the LORD and keep them."
Isaiah
19:21
"In that day there will
be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to
Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship
together."
Isaiah 19:23
"And in that day a great trumpet will sound.
Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled in Egypt will come and
worship the LORD on the holy
mountain in Jerusalem."
Isaiah 27:13
"The LORD
says: "These people come near to ME with their mouth and
honour ME with their lips, but their hearts are far from ME.
Their worship of ME is
made up only of rules taught by men."
Isaiah 19:13
"And
if you say to me, "We are depending on the LORD our GOD"
--isn't HE the ONE whose high
places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, "You must worship
before this altar"?
Isaiah 36:7
"Some pour out gold from their bags
and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they
bow down and worship it."
Isaiah 46:6
"This
is what the LORD says--the REDEEMER
and HOLY ONE of Israel--to HIM
who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the servant of rulers: "Kings will
see YOU and rise up, princes will see and worship,
because of the LORD, who is faithful, the HOLY
ONE of Israel, who has chosen you."
Isaiah 49:7
"And
foreigners who bind themselves to the LORD to serve HIM,
to love the Name of the LORD, and to worship
HIM, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who
hold fast to MY covenant."
Isaiah 56:6
"From
one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and worship
before ME," says the LORD."
Isaiah
66:23
"Stand at the gate of the LORD'S house and
there proclaim this message: "`Hear the word of the LORD,
all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship
the LORD."
Jeremiah 7:2
"These
wicked people, who refuse to listen to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their
hearts and go after other gods to serve and worship them,
will be like this belt--completely useless!"
Jeremiah 13:10
"They
think the dreams they tell one another will make MY people
forget MY Name, just as their fathers forgot MY
Name through Baal worship."
Jeremiah 23:27
"Do
not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do not
provoke me to anger with what your hands have made. Then I
will not harm you."
Jeremiah 25:6
"This
is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the LORD'S
house and speak to all the people of the towns of Judah who come to worship
in the house of the LORD. Tell them everything I
command you; do not omit a word."
Jeremiah 26:2
"The prince is to
enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost.
The priests are to sacrifice his burnt offering and his fellowship offerings.
He is to worship at the threshold of the gateway and
then go out, but the gate will not be shut until evening."
Ezekiel 46:2
"On
the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are to worship
in the presence of the LORD at the entrance to that
gateway."
Ezekiel 46:3
"`When
the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed
feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship is to go
out by the south gate; and whoever enters by the south gate is to go out by the north
gate. No-one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each is to go
out by the opposite gate."
Ezekiel 46:9
"As soon as you hear the sound
of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes and all kinds of music, you must fall down
and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has
set up."
Daniel 3:5
"Whoever does not fall down and worship
will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace."
Daniel 3:6
"You
have issued a decree, O king, that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute,
zither, lyre, harp, pipes and all kinds of music must fall down and worship
the image of gold."
Daniel 3:10
"Whoever does not fall down and worship
will be thrown into a blazing furnace."
Daniel 3:11
"But there are
some Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon--Shadrach, Meshach
and Abednego-- who pay no attention to you, O king. They neither serve your gods nor
worship the image of gold you have set up."
Daniel
3:12
"Nebuchadnezzar said to
them, "Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship
the image of gold I have set up?"
Daniel 3:14
"Now when you hear the
sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes and all kinds of music, if you are
ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good.
But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown
immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my
hand?"
Daniel 3:15
"But even if he does not, we want you to know, O
king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image
of gold you have set up."
Daniel 3:18
"Then
Nebuchadnezzar said, "Praise be to the GOD of Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego, who has sent HIS angel and rescued HIS
servants! They trusted in HIM and defied the king's
command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship
any god except their own GOD."
Daniel 3:28
"Then
the sovereignty, power and greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be handed
over to the saints, the people of the MOST HIGH. HIS
kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship
and obey HIM.'"
Daniel 7:27
"When Ephraim
spoke, men trembled; he was exalted in Israel. But he became guilty of Baal worship
and died."
Hosea 13:1
"He
answered, "I am a Hebrew and I worship the LORD,
the GOD of heaven, who made the sea and the land."
Jonah
1:9
"I will destroy your carved images and your
sacred stones from among you; you will no longer worship to
the work of your hands."
Micah 5:13
"Those who bow down on the roofs
to worship the starry host, those who bow down and swear by
the LORD and who also swear by Molech."
Zephaniah 1:5
"The
LORD will be awesome to them when HE
destroys all the gods of the land. The nations on every shore will worship
HIM, every one in its own land."
Zephaniah 2:11
"Then
the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year
to worship the King, the LORD ALMIGHTY,
and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles."
Zechariah 14:16
"If any of
the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship
the King, the LORD ALMIGHTY, they will have no rain."
Zechariah
14:17
"Where is the ONE
who has been born king of the Jews? We saw HIS star in
the east and have come to worship HIM."
Matthew
2:2
"He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search
for the child. As soon as you find HIM, report to me,
so that I too may go and worship HIM."
Matthew
2:8
"All this I will give YOU," Satan said,
"if YOU will bow down and worship
me."
Matthew 4:9
"JESUS
said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: `Worship
the LORD your GOD, and serve HIM
only.'"
Matthew 4:10
"They worship ME
in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.'"
Matthew 15:9
"They
worship ME in vain; their
teachings are but rules taught by men.'"
Mark 7:7
"So
if you worship me, it will all be yours."
Luke 4:7
"JESUS
answered, "It is written: `Worship the LORD
your GOD and serve HIM
only.'"
Luke 4:8
"Our fathers worshipped
on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship
is in Jerusalem."
John 4:20
"JESUS
declared, "Believe ME, woman, a time is coming when you
will worship the FATHER neither
on this mountain nor in Jerusalem."
John 4:21
"You Samaritans worship
what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for
salvation is from the Jews."
John 4:22
"Yet a time is coming and has
now come when the true worshippers will worship
the FATHER in SPIRIT and truth,
for they are the kind of worshippers the FATHER
seeks."
John 4:23
"GOD
is SPIRIT, and HIS worshippers
must worship in SPIRIT and in
truth."
John 4:24
"Now there were some Greeks among those who went up
to worship at the Feast."
John 12:20
"But
I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,' GOD
said, `and afterwards they will come out of that country and worship
ME in this place.'"
Acts 7:7
"But
GOD turned away and gave them over to the worship
of the heavenly bodies. This agrees with what is written in the book of the
prophets: "` Did you bring ME sacrifices and offerings
for forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?
Acts 7:42
"You have
lifted up the shrine of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship.
Therefore I will send you into exile' beyond Babylon."
Acts
7:43
"So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an
important official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians.
This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship."
Acts
8:27
"JESUS
said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: `Worship
the LORD your GOD, and serve HIM
only.'"
Matthew 4:10
"They worship ME
in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.'"
Matthew 15:9
"They
worship ME in vain; their
teachings are but rules taught by men.'"
Mark 7:7
"So
if you worship me, it will all be yours."
Luke 4:7
"JESUS
answered, "It is written: `Worship the LORD
your GOD and serve HIM
only.'"
Luke 4:8
"Our fathers worshipped
on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship
is in Jerusalem."
John 4:20
"JESUS
declared, "Believe ME, woman, a time is coming when you
will worship the FATHER neither
on this mountain nor in Jerusalem."
John 4:21
"You Samaritans worship
what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for
salvation is from the Jews."
John 4:22
"Yet a time is coming and has
now come when the true worshippers will worship
the FATHER in SPIRIT and truth,
for they are the kind of worshippers the FATHER
seeks."
John 4:23
"GOD
is SPIRIT, and HIS worshippers
must worship in SPIRIT and in
truth."
John 4:24
"Now there were some Greeks among those who went up
to worship at the Feast."
John 12:20
"But
I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,' GOD
said, `and afterwards they will come out of that country and worship
ME in this place.'"
Acts 7:7
"But
GOD turned away and gave them over to the worship
of the heavenly bodies. This agrees with what is written in the book of the
prophets: "` Did you bring ME sacrifices and offerings
for forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?
Acts 7:42
"You have
lifted up the shrine of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship.
Therefore I will send you into exile' beyond Babylon."
Acts
7:43
"So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an
important official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians.
This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship."
Acts
8:27
"Now the first covenant
had regulations for worship and also an earthly
sanctuary."
Hebrews 9:1
"The law is only a shadow of the good things
that are coming-- not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the
same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship."
Hebrews
10:1
"Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let
us be thankful, and so worship GOD
acceptably with reverence and awe."
Hebrews 12:28
"I
will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are
not, but are liars--I will make them come and worship at your
feet and acknowledge that I have loved you."
Revelation
3:9
"The twenty-four elders fall down before HIM
who sits on the throne, and worship HIM
who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
"You are worthy, our LORD and GOD,
to receive glory and honour and power, for YOU created all
things, and by YOUR will they were created and have their
being."
Revelation 4:10,11
"The rest of mankind that were not killed
by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshipping
demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear
or walk."
Revelation 9:20
"I
was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, "Go and measure the temple of GOD
and the altar, and count the worshippers there."
Revelation
11:1
"All inhabitants of the earth will worship
the beast--all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb
that was slain from the creation of the world."
Revelation 13:8
"He
exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its
inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had
been healed."
Revelation 13:12
"He
was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and
cause all who refused to worship the image to be
killed."
Revelation 13:15
He said in a loud voice, "Fear GOD
and give HIM glory, because the hour of HIS
judgment has come. Worship HIM
who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water."
Revelation
14:7
"A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: "If anyone worships
the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too,
will drink of the wine of GOD'S fury, which has been poured
full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulphur
in the presence of the holy angels and of the LAMB."
Revelation 14:9,10
"And
the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night
for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone
who receives the mark of his name."
Revelation 14:11
"Who will not
fear you, O LORD, and bring glory to YOUR
Name? For YOU alone are holy. All nations will
come and worship before YOU, for
YOUR righteous acts have been revealed."
Revelation
15:4
"At this I fell at his feet to worship him.
But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am a fellow-servant with you and with
your brothers who hold to the testimony of JESUS. Worship
GOD! For the testimony of JESUS
is the spirit of prophecy."
Revelation 19:10