Quotes about Worship
They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”
— 2 Kings 17:12
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
— 2 Kings 17:16
and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
— 2 Kings 17:19
Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
— 2 Kings 17:25
Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
— 2 Kings 17:28
Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
— 2 Kings 17:29
The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
— 2 Kings 17:30
So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
— 2 Kings 17:32
They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
— 2 Kings 17:33
To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
— 2 Kings 17:34
For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
— 2 Kings 17:35
Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
— 2 Kings 17:36