Bible Study About Worship

(logically compiled by Bill Stevenson)

Introduction: When I received this assignment two months ago, I wondered why since I did not have anything to
do with the worship teams in the church I currently attend. But worship actually should result after
being filled with the Holy Spirit, is important in sanctification, and is important in understanding
Revelation. Also, my best days have been when a worship song or two just keep repeating in my
soul for a good period of time. Divine peace and joy usually have been given to me during those
times too. But what prevents us from having such times? Maybe this study will help you answer
that question. Also what idols do many Christians worship currently instead of just God? What
activities or thinking prevents you from thinking about, thanking, and communing with God?

Why does God deserve our worship or why should we worship Him as often as possible?

Jesus Christ said that the greatest commandment is “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with
all your soul and with all your mind (intellect).” (Matthew 22:36)

How do the following two passages relate to each other?

Hebrews 13:8-16
Romans 12:1-3

*** Do you worship Abba Father this way?

1 Chronicles 16:8-13, & 23-29
Acts 10:34-35

Note: For the rest of this collection of Scripture, which verses and passages were just for certain individuals or just for
the Israelites, and which are for the New Covenant Christians? I did not do a search on the verses with “praise”
and “praising”; that would probably result in another 40 pages.

*** shouldn’t include worship of other gods

1 Corinthians 10:5-7 Deuteronomy 17:2-5 Psalm 96:4-9
Psalm 106:19-23 Deuteronomy 29:24-28 Psalm 81:8-9
Exodus 32:7-8 Deuteronomy 30:14-18 Isaiah 2:5-8
Exodus 34:12-17 Isaiah 44:6-20 Acts 17:16-24
Deuteronomy 8:18-21 Isaiah 46:1-11 Acts 19:24-27
Deuteronomy 4:19 Ezekiel 8:1-3, 6, 12-14, 16-18 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4

*** Only God the Father and Jesus Christ should be worshipped
Revelation 19:9-10 Matthew 14:32-33
Revelation 22:8-9 John 9:24-41
Hebrews 1:5-10 Matthew 28:8-10 & 16-17
Matthew 2:2 & 11 Acts 10:25-26
Matthew 4:8-11 (Also in Luke 4:6-8)

*** judgments from God because of deliberately wrong worship

Acts 7:40-43 2 Chronicles 33:3 Jeremiah 1:14-17
1 Kings 9:6-9 [Also in 2 2 Kings 21:3 Jeremiah 5:20-26
Chronicles 7:19-22.] Romans 11 Jeremiah 8:2
1 Kings 11:31-33 Isaiah 2:20-21 Jeremiah 13:9-10
2 Kings 12-14 Zephaniah 1:2-6 Jeremiah 16:9-13
1 Kings 16:30 &33b Zephaniah 2:11 Jeremiah 22:6-9
1 Kings 21-22 & 2 Kings 9-10 Zechariah 14:16-17

Jeremiah 25:4-11
Note: Remember the courageous disobedience of the three Jewish young men reported in Daniel 3.
Ezekiel 16:23-27 Hosea 13:1
Hosea 4:15-17 Micah 5:7-9 & 13-14
Hosea 5:3
(But Romans 11 indicates God’s grace for the Jews.)

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Romans 1:18-27 Revelation 13:11-15
Revelation 13:1-4 Revelation 14:9-11

*** Not Jewish anymore, but not refuting the Israelites’ hopes
Romans 9:1-4 Acts 24:10-15
Acts 18:11-12 Acts 26:5-8

*** Biblical worship results in blessings from God

Psalm 25:12-14 Matthew 8:1-3 Acts 27:20-23
Psalm 31:19-20 Matthew 9:18-19 Acts 16:23-29 & 33-40
Psalm 34:9-11 Matthew 15:22-28 Revelation 14:6-7 & 12-14
Malachi 3:16-4:4 Luke 12:8-9
Luke 2:25-38 Acts 16:12-15

*** specific places (past and present) to worship God the Father
Acts 7:6-7 Hebrews 9:1-10 & 21-22 2 Chronicles 2:3-6
Acts 8:26-28 & 32-33 Hebrews 10:1-4 2 Chronicles 7:1-3
Exodus 24:1-2 1 Samuel 1:3 Psalm 132:7
Exodus 33:10-11 2 Samuel 12:20
Leviticus 6:25-27 Psalm 5:7

*** past and present actions of worshippers

Mark 7:5-9 (Also in Matthew 15:6-9.)
Job 1:18-22 Joshua 5:13-14 Psalm 99:5-9
Genesis 24:26-27 1 Samuel 15:22-31 Psalm 138:1-2
Genesis 24:48 2 Chronicles 29:25-30 Jonah 1:9
Exodus 4:27-31 Nehemiah 8:5-6 Matthew 20:17-29
Exodus 12:27 Nehemiah 9:1-3 2 Timothy 1:3-4
Exodus 34:4-8 Psalm 29:1-2 Revelation 5:11-14
Leviticus 7:11-16 Psalm 34:11 Revelation 4:10-11
Deuteronomy 26:6-11 Psalm 95:6-9 Revelation 7:2-4, 9-12

*** before obeying God’s instruction or making an important decision

Genesis 22:5 2 Chronicles 20:14-24
Judges 7:9-15 Luke 24:50-52
1 Samuel 1:19-20 & 25-28 Acts 13:2
2 Samuel 15:30-32

*** Cautions
1 Corinthians 14:18-25 Colossians 2:18-19
Philippians 3:3-4 Hebrews 13:9-15
Ephesians 5:17-21 James 1:27

*** part of the future Kingdom of God

Psalm 22:27-29 Hebrews 12:26-29 Revelation 15:2-4
Isaiah 66:22-23 Revelation 10:11-11:1 Revelation 19:1-4
John 4:19-26 & 28-30 Revelation 11:15-18 Revelation 22:1-3