The worship of demons is explicitly forbidden in the Bible, as it stands in direct opposition to the worship of the one true God. Throughout Scripture, the worship of any entity other than God is condemned, and this includes the veneration of demonic beings. The Bible consistently warns against idolatry and the spiritual dangers associated with engaging in practices that honor or invoke demonic forces.

In the Old Testament, the Israelites are repeatedly cautioned against adopting the idolatrous practices of surrounding nations, which often included the worship of demons. Deuteronomy 32:17 states, "They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear." This passage highlights the spiritual infidelity of turning away from God to worship other entities, which are identified as demons.

The New Testament continues this prohibition, emphasizing the incompatibility of Christian faith with any form of demon worship. In 1 Corinthians 10:20-21, the Apostle Paul warns the Corinthian church, "No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons." Here, Paul underscores the spiritual danger and inconsistency of attempting to worship both God and demons.

The worship of demons is often linked with idolatry, as seen in Psalm 106:37-38, which recounts the Israelites' sacrifices to demons: "They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood." This passage illustrates the severe moral and spiritual corruption that accompanies such practices.

The Book of Revelation also addresses the issue of demon worship in the context of end-times prophecy. Revelation 9:20 describes the persistence of idolatry and demon worship despite divine judgments: "The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk."

Throughout Scripture, the worship of demons is portrayed as a grave sin that leads individuals away from the truth and light of God. It is associated with spiritual deception, moral decay, and divine judgment. The Bible calls believers to remain steadfast in their devotion to God alone, rejecting all forms of idolatry and demonic influence.Leviticus 17:7
And they shall no more offer their sacrifices to devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever to them throughout their generations.
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Zechariah 13:2
And it shall come to pass in that day, said the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
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Revelation 9:20
And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
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Whether the First Precept of the Decalogue is Fittingly Expressed?
... the very making of images was fittingly forbidden by the ... any graven thing," as also
the worship of those ... compact, tacit or explicit, with the demons; hence all ...
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Of the Fact that the God of the Hebrews is not Received by the ...
... to been treated, [569] and that the evil demons are to ... explanation of their refusal
to admit the worship of this ... this God to be, who has forbidden the worship ...
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All Association with Idols is to be Avoided.
... You are also forbidden to swear by them, or to ... abominable names through your mouth,
and to worship them, or ... they are not gods, but either wicked demons or the ...
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Of Porphyry's Epistle to Anebo, in which He Asks for Information ...
... of assuming all forms, simulating gods, demons, and dead ... works, and closely allied
to the worship of the ... exhalations; why the initiated are forbidden to touch ...
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Concerning Images .
... the divine Scripture blames those who worship graven images ... sacrificed: but the Greeks
to demons and the ... were images of deities, were rejected and forbidden. ...
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And yet it is Perhaps Straining Too Far for those who do Believe ...
... out by the attendant priest of those demons, to the ... in accordance with that form
of worship which had ... of Jerusalem which they so venerated is forbidden to them ...
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The divine institutes
... XXVIII.--Of the Demons, and Their Evil Practices. ... LVIII.--Of the True Worship of
God, and Sacrifice ... are to Be Subdued, and We Must Abstain from Forbidden Things ...
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The Unclean Spirits.
... and the practice of which God has expressly forbidden. ... In this revival of demon-worship,
the old gods of ... to give place to "doctrines of demons." The teachings ...
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In Regard to the Persians, we have Already Said that Though they ...
... This is forbidden to us, for we have been taught not ... of a better state, ought not
in our worship to hold ... all the gods of the nations which are demons; but it ...
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Whether the Image of Christ Should be Adored with the Adoration of ...
... nothing should be done in the Divine worship that is ... towards the thing, adoration
thereof is forbidden in the ... venerating their own gods, ie the demons, and so ...
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