What it is, is sin.

 

“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.”

- Exodus 20:4-5 (NKJV)

It’s well worth looking within.

 

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

- Exodus 20:3 (KJV)

This will keep you free.

 

“I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.”

- Exodus 20:2 (KJV)

Misunderstandings often arise.

 

“When the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.” - Joshua 22:12 (KJV)

Sinners don’t need to be cheered on.

 

“Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.”

- Proverbs 27:6 (KJV)

Aim high. Aim to grow.

 

“...Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.”

- Ephesians 3:20 (NKJV)

So you might live.

 

“Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth.”

- 1 Peter 2:22 (KJV)

Don’t let it be for nothing.

 

“My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?”

- Psalm 22:1 (NKJV)

That’s not fair, is it?

 

“God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son.”

- John 3:16 (KJV)

Dishonesty can be hard work.

 

“The truthful lip shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.”

- Proverbs 12:19 (NKJV)