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Q105. What are the sins forbidden in the first commandment?

The sins forbidden in the first commandment are, Atheism, in denying or not having a God;¹ Idolatry, in having or worshipping more gods than one, or any with or instead of the true God;² the not having and avouching him for God, and our God;³ the omission or neglect of any thing due to him, required in this commandment;⁴ ignorance,⁵ forgetfulness,⁶ misapprehensions,⁷ false opinions,⁸ unworthy and wicked thoughts of him;⁹ bold and curious searching into his secrets;¹⁰ all profaneness,¹¹ hatred of God;¹² self-love,¹³ self-seeking,¹⁴ and all other inordinate and im-moderate setting of our mind, will, or affections upon other things, and taking them off from him in whole or in part;¹⁵ vain credulity,¹⁶ unbelief,¹⁷ heresy,¹⁸ misbelief,¹⁹ distrust,²⁰ despair,²¹ incorrigibleness,²² and insensibleness under judgments,²³ hardness of heart,²⁴ pride,²⁵ presumption,²⁶ carnal security,²⁷ tempting of God;²⁸ using unlawful means,²⁹ and trusting in lawful means;³⁰ carnal delights and joys;³¹ corrupt, blind, and indiscreet zeal;³² lukewarmness,³³ and deadness in the things of God;³⁴ estranging ourselves, and apostatizing from God;³⁵ praying, or giving any religious worship, to saints, angels, or any other creatures;³⁶ all compacts and consulting with the devil,³⁷ and hearkening to his suggestions;³⁸ making men the lords of our faith and conscience;³⁹ slighting and despising God and his commands;⁴⁰ resisting and grieving of his Spirit,⁴¹ discontent and impatience at his dispensations, charging him foolishly for the evils he inflicts on us;⁴² and ascribing the praise of any good we either are, have or can do, to fortune,⁴³ idols,⁴⁴ ourselves,⁴⁵ or any other creature.⁴⁶

1) Ps 14:1; Eph 2:12

2) Jer 2:27-28; 1 Thess 1:9

3) Ps 81:11

4) Isa 43:22-24

5) Jer 4:22; Hos 4:1, 6

6) Jer 2:32

7) Acts 17:23, 29

8) Isa 40:18

9) Ps 50:21

10) Deut 29:29

11) Tit 1:16; Heb 12:16

12) Rom 1:30

13) 2 Tim 3:2

14) Phil 2:21

15) 1 John 2:15-16; 1 Sam 2:29; Col 3:2, 5

16) 1 John 4:1

17) Heb 3:12

18) Gal 5:20; Tit 3:10

19) Acts 26:9

20) Ps 78:22

21) Gen 4:13

22) Jer 5:3

23) Isa 42:25

24) Rom 2:5

25) Jer 13:15

26) Ps 19:13

27) Zeph 1:12

28) Matt 4:7

29) Rom 3:8

30) Jer 17:5

31) 2 Tim 3:4

32) Gal 4:17; John 16:2; Rom 10:2; Luke 9:54-55

33) Rev 3:16

34) Rev 2:1

35) Ezek 14:5; Isa 1:4-5

36) Rom 10:13-14; Hosea 4:12; Acts 10:25-26; Rev 19:10; Matt 4:10; Col 2:18; Rom 1:25

37) Lev 20:6; 1 Sam 28:7, 11; 1 Chron 10:13-14

38) Acts 5:3

39) 2 Cor 1:24; Matt 23:9

40) Deut 32:15; 2 Sam 12:9; Prov 13:13

41) Acts 7:51; Eph 4:30

42) Ps 73:2-3, 13-15, 22; Job 1:22

43) 1 Sam 6:7-9

44) Dan 5:23

45) Deut 8:17; Dan 4:30

46) Hab 1:16

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Psalm 14:1

1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

Ephesians 2:12

12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Jeremiah 2:27-28

27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

9 For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

Psalm 81:11

11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

Isaiah 43:22-24

22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

Jeremiah 4:22

22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Hosea 4:1, 6

1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

Jeremiah 2:32

32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

Acts 17:23, 29

23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

Isaiah 40:18

18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

Psalm 50:21

21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

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Deuteronomy 29:29

29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

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Titus 1:16

16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

Hebrews 12:16

16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

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Romans 1:30

30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

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2 Timothy 3:2

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

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Philippians 2:21

21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

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1 John 2:15-16

15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

1 Samuel 2:29

29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

Colossians 3:2, 5

2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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1 John 4:1

1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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Hebrews 3:12

12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

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Galatians 5:20

20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Titus 3:10

10 A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject;

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Acts 26:9

9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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Psalm 78:22

22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

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Genesis 4:13

13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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Jeremiah 5:3

3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

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Isaiah 42:25

25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

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Romans 2:5

5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

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Jeremiah 13:15

15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.

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Psalm 19:13

13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

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Zephaniah 1:12

12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.

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Matthew 4:7

7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

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Romans 3:8

8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

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Jeremiah 17:5

5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

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2 Timothy 3:4

4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

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Galatians 4:17

17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.

John 16:2

2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

Romans 10:2

2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

Luke 9:54-55

54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?

55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

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Revelation 3:16

16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

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Revelation 2:1

1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

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Ezekiel 14:5

5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

Isaiah 1:4-5

4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

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Romans 10:13-14

13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

Hosea 4:12

12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

Acts 10:25-26

25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.

26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.

Revelation 19:10

10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

Matthew 4:10

10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Colossians 2:18

18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Romans 1:25

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

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Leviticus 20:6

6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

1 Samuel 28:7, 11

7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.

11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

1 Chronicles 10:13-14

13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;

14 And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

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Acts 5:3

3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

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2 Corinthians 1:24

24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

Matthew 23:9

9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

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Deuteronomy 32:15

15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

2 Samuel 12:9

9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

Proverbs 13:13

13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

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Acts 7:51

51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

Ephesians 4:30

30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

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Psalm 73:2-3, 13-15, 22

2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

Job 1:22

22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

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1 Samuel 6:7-9

7 Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:

8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.

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Daniel 5:23

23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

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Deuteronomy 8:17

17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

Daniel 4:30

30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

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Habakkuk 1:16

16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

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