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Covetousness is forbidden by the 10th commandment, and as greed is defined as idolatry in the New Testament. [3] When the commandment was given, opportunities to participate in the honor or worship of idols abounded, and the religions of Canaanite tribes neighboring the Israelites often centered on a carefully constructed and maintained cult ...
Idolatry is the worship of an idol as though it were a deity. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism , Samaritanism , Christianity , Islam , and the Baháʼí Faith ) idolatry connotes the worship of something or someone other than the Abrahamic God as if it were God.
[160] [161] Covetousness is prohibited by the tenth commandment because it is considered to be the first step toward commission of theft, robbery and fraud; these lead to violence and injustice. [162] The Church defines covetousness as a "disordered desire" that can take different forms: Greed is the desire for too much of what one does not need.
"Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry." Colossians 3:5 KJV "Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play." 1 Corinthians 10:7 KJV
A question also here arises as to what is that fornication which the Lord allows as a cause of divorce; whether carnal sin, or, according to the Scripture use of the word, any unlawful passion, as idolatry, avarice, in short all transgression of the Law by forbidden desires.
Idolatry in Judaism (Hebrew: עבודה זרה) is prohibited. [1] Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God . [ 1 ]
In all cases, the creation of the image is associated with idolatry, and indeed, the words commonly translated as 'image' or some variant thereof (פסל pesel, שקוץ shikuts) are generally used interchangeably with words typically translated as 'idol' (e.g. אליל elil).
The Adoration of the Golden Calf – picture from the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg (12th century). According to the Torah and the Quran, the golden calf (Hebrew: עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב, romanized: ʿēḡel hazzāhāḇ) was a cult image made by the Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai.