Worshiping Idols

Worship idols is to:

Make a graven image or likeness

Exodus 20:4

“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

Deuteronomy 5:8

“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

Bow down to foreign gods

Deuteronomy 30:17

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,

Psalms 81:9

You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god.

Go after other gods and serve them

Deuteronomy 8:19

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.

Exodus 23:13

“Be careful to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips.

Speak in names of others gods

Deuteronomy 8:20

Like the nations the LORD destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the LORD your God.

Fear other gods and offer sacrifices

2 Kings 17:35

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.