WORSHIP
(See also Christendom; Clergy; Protestantism; Religion; individual doctrines and organizations by name)
(Note centered headings below: False Worship; True Worship)
choosing: w85 7/15 3-7; w63 675-676
discussion: w82 3/1 3-9; ad 1674-1675; g67 11/22 5-8
Greek and Hebrew words: ad 1241-1242, 1674-1675; w70 702-704; w64 671-672
individual choice: g65 4/22 3; w64 647; g64 10/22 8; w63 688; mg63 31; g63 8/8 18-19; w62 197
man’s desire to worship: g84 3/8 5; g75 5/8 3-4; g75 6/22 4; w74 144; g74 12/8 21; w72 388; w68 425, 645; im 9; g65 4/22 3; w64 244, 389; g64 6/22 12
meaning of term: ad 1674; w55 373; w54 317-318
not all acceptable to God: w85 7/15 4; w81 3/15 3-7; tr 11-15; g74 1/22 18-19; g73 11/8 27-28; ad 1675; w69 165-167; g69 7/8 28-29; g67 4/8 27-28; ms 412-413; g65 4/22 28-29; w64 4-6, 22, 36, 101-103, 165-166, 195-196, 246-247, 294, 331; yb64 30; g64 1/8 5-8; g64 4/22 3; g64 11/22 6-7; w63 688-689; g63 7/22 5-7; g62 2/8 5-6; g62 6/22 5-7; w61 163; g61 4/22 29; g61 10/8 3; g61 12/22 30; w60 613-616; w59 305-307; g59 12/22 5; pa 77, 82, 91, 95-98, 100-105; w55 112-124; w54 146-147; lg 11-12, 16-17; rm 87-89, 152-163
ritualistic worship: w83 11/1 23
standard for judging: w85 7/15 4-6; tr 13-15; w74 540, 543; w73 387-388; tp73 23, 36; g73 11/8 28; w72 99-100; w70 37-39; g70 4/8 27-28; w69 166-167; g69 4/22 19; w68 389; g64 3/8 5, 7-8; g64 4/22 10; g61 10/8 3
view that all religions lead to God: hp 168-175; dt 3, 26
False Worship
ancestor worship: g85 7/22 23-24; yb73 240-241; g72 3/22 17-19
angel worship: w85 7/15 12-13
animal worship: g72 7/8 6, 8
rats: g77 4/8 30
animism: yb73 141-142
appeal to emotions: w64 88-89; g64 3/8 7-8
Babylon the Great: w81 1/15 13-15, 30; w80 5/15 16-27; gh 126-129; bf 498-500, 591, 599
calf worship: w80 2/15 31; w78 7/1 15; w72 567; ad 896, 907; kj 25, 28, 98-99, 240
Canaanites: w85 3/15 4; ad 286-287
Colossae: w85 7/15 10-13
conformity a factor in: g63 8/22 4; g61 1/8 7; g60 12/22 5-8; g58 8/8 3-4; w54 653-656
creature worship: w72 538-540
cross worship: g84 6/22 15-17; tr 141-143; w72 572-573; kj 151-152; g69 5/8 4-5; w68 93-95; g67 3/8 6, 15; w64 395, 666; g64 7/22 8-10; bf 144-146
destruction: w81 3/15 20-21, 23; tr 98-99; ts 116-117; g74 4/8 19; w72 45, 51-52; g72 4/22 25; w71 101; w71 471-472; kj 112-113, 115-127, 129, 217; g70 4/22 23-24; w69 103; g69 4/22 18-19, 28; w68 657-658; g68 2/22 6-7; w66 695-697; w64 40; w63 594-595, 683-684, 700-702; mg63 31-32; w62 240; w59 55; w58 616; w57 95, 239; sr55 216; rm 69, 155-158, 186, 326-327; w48 141; rw 60-62; w42 87; w39 179-189, 195-204, 211-219, 227-236, 243-252, 259-268, 275-284, 291-299, 307-316; w37 105, 276; en 221; w36 244; ch 285
proclamation by Witnesses after destruction: w81 3/15 23-24
development:
Adam and Eve: w82 4/1 4-6; w80 8/1 17; ad 809; w61 106; w59 89-90; g59 5/8 5; g59 7/8 4; yw 60; w57 234; w54 141, 144; rm 48-57; w43 46-47
Assyria: g72 6/22 27-28; ad 152, 669; w60 126; w58 743; w45 100; fw 6; w31 121-122
Britain: g81 7/8 25-27; w61 345-349, 533-537
Catholicism: w83 9/15 5-9; kc 91-93; kj 159-160; qm 289-291; w66 278-281; w64 646; bf 474-498; w61 103; jp 9-13; g59 5/8 7; qm55 289-291; rm 269-277; w47 93; ta 292-305
Egypt (ancient): g72 4/22 11-12; ad 492-494, 669-670; g66 1/22 13-14; w65 365-366; g64 7/22 9; w60 93; w58 742; g54 9/22 13-15; rm 106-119; g48 4/22 22; ta 286; en 76-78; fw 5-6
Enosh’s day: po 67-68; ad 520, 809; qm 267, 270; ns 50-51; g59 5/8 5; qm55 267, 270; w54 144-145; rm 67; w46 53; w44 341; tf 124
Greece (ancient): w84 8/1 21; w71 509-510; ad 671, 687-690; w58 743; w53 237-240; g48 4/8 9-11; g48 4/22 22; g48 5/22 22; w46 117; g45 1/17 15-16
Greece (modern): g51 8/8 20
Judaism: w76 211-212; w60 206-210; w59 305; nh 139-140; ep 85; w43 264
Medo-Persia: ad 670-671; g71 9/8 13; w65 88; bf 182, 201, 295; w59 628, 634; w58 743; yw 222-223; g57 12/22 24; w56 741; w54 685; w52 656
modernism: w82 3/1 7-8; w60 210-211; g60 12/22 5-8; g58 8/8 3-4; w51 381; rm 313-322
post-apostolic apostasy: w84 8/1 21-22; w80 8/1 18; w78 4/1 7; w78 5/15 27; qm 283-289; w64 645-646; bf 480; w60 750; w59 307; jp 9-11; g59 5/8 7; pa 161-168; qm55 283-289; rm 266-277
post-Flood: dt 23-26; w72 428-429; ad 667-668; qm 271-275; g64 4/22 12-16; w63 692-694; bf 27, 32, 47; g59 5/8 5-6; w57 237; qm55 271-275; w54 145-148; rm 74-90; ta 285-286; wl 52-53; en 66-69
pre-Flood: ad 520, 809; qm 267-270; w63 691; ns 51-53; g59 5/8 5; qm55 267-270; rm 58-73
Protestantism: w83 9/15 9; kc 93-94; g72 3/8 16-19; qm 292-296; w66 307-308; bf 494-498; w61 103, 533-537; g61 10/8 18; g59 5/8 7; qm55 292-296; rm 293-294; ta 306-320
Rome: ts 95-96; ad 671-672, 1421; qm 274-278; g64 7/22 8, 10; mg63 86; w58 743; g56 12/22 6; qm55 274-278; w51 657; w47 92-93; ta 287; w37 214-215; en 148-151
spread from Babylon: g84 1/8 6-7; w82 3/1 4-6; w81 1/15 30; tr 133-134; g81 8/8 3-4; dt 23-26; g80 10/8 19; ts 27-29, 44-45; w71 509-510; ad 667-668; w69 260-261, 686; g69 1/8 22; g68 8/8 26; qm 271-274; g67 3/8 6; g67 4/8 19; w66 760-761; g66 1/8 7-8; g66 9/8 9-12; w65 12, 29-30, 153, 183-184, 281, 474-477; ms 35-36; yb65 18; w64 74, 313, 346-348, 373-376, 665-667; g64 4/22 12-16; g64 6/8 8-10; w63 692-694, 718, 748-749; bf 27, 32-45, 142-146, 184-185, 199, 221-223, 243-244, 326-340, 459-460, 469-470, 475, 478, 498, 567; mg63 31; w61 25-27, 103-104; w58 742-743; pa 107; w57 553-554; qm55 271-274; rm 90; w49 308; g48 3/22 17-18; ta 286; rg 17-23; en 69-71, 204; w34 323; fw 4-5
Sumerians: w64 411; bf 46-48
Devil worship: yb86 76-77; hs 50-51; g71 5/22 3-8; g71 8/22 15-16, 30; g71 11/8 29; g68 1/22 20; g66 1/8 27-28; g64 8/22 30; g63 5/8 30; ns 126, 325, 334
discussion: g82 6/22 21-22; g72 4/22 3-20, 22-25, 27-28; ad 667-672
distinct from true worship: uw 165-166; tr 11-16, 122-130; w64 22; g64 3/8 7-8; w63 689-691; g62 6/22 5-7; g62 7/8 15; g59 5/8 6; w58 709; w56 3, 145, 261-262; w54 141-148; w51 191, 511, 658-660; w50 394; g38 9/21 17-18; w35 252
divisive force: w82 12/15 11
efforts to unite: g75 11/22 21-22; g67 5/8 27; w66 695; g65 4/22 5-15, 30
emperor worship: w76 633-635
Japan: go 17-18
flag worship: g76 9/8 4; w75 217; w71 117; g71 9/8 13-14
friendship with world: w85 8/1 5; uw 166; yb74 56; g74 11/22 3-6; pa 165; w56 645; w54 432-446; g51 8/8 3-4; w46 259-260
gods: ad 152, 171-174, 177, 287, 309, 492-494, 667-672, 687-690, 1173; kj 149-152; w64 106-107, 111-112; g62 9/8 5-6; ns 126; g61 12/8 29-30
degrade mankind: w76 212-213
represent human weaknesses: w76 212-213
images: yb86 78-79; tr 143-145; g73 1/8 27-28; yb72 112-113, 173-174, 194; g72 8/22 5-7; ad 808-812; kj 147-148; g69 1/8 27; g69 5/8 5-6; g64 1/22 5-10
Spain: yb78 189-190
immorality a form of: w84 3/1 27-28
map of centers of Christendom’s religions in Europe and Middle East: bf 501
materialism: w75 231-232
me-ism: g79 4/22 3-15
minority groups: w61 345-349
moon worship: ad 1176-1177
myths: w76 211-212
natural religion: rm 20-25, 43
of political rulership worldwide:
“cedar in Lebanon” (Eze 31): w77 300-314
wild beast: w76 632-636; fm 329-331, 339, 349-354
origin of myths: dt 20-21; ts 27-29
origin of practices: gh 127-128
pagan: g83 8/22 16-18; w82 3/1 8; kc 90-95; w64 101-102; w58 621-623, 743-744; rm 191-224, 278-290; g51 4/22 9-10; ta 338-344
post-Flood:
doom of: w66 695
professedly “Christian”: w65 218; g63 7/22 5-6; g62 6/22 6; ns 295; cy 3, 5; w51 658-659; w48 141; w47 91-92; cu 15; w37 213; en 130, 191
prostitution: ad 1351
“queen of heaven”: ad 1641
reason for so many forms: w83 9/15 4-9; g59 5/8 4-8; w58 339; w53 357-364
relic worship: g75 12/22 14; w72 416; g68 5/22 30; g67 3/8 7; g66 8/22 27-28
“religious revival”: w85 2/15 26; w78 12/1 5; g64 4/22 6; g63 2/8 5; g63 3/22 29; w62 153; g62 3/22 31; g60 7/22 26; g59 3/22 5-8; g58 4/8 5-7; g58 8/8 3-4; w57 291; w56 36-39, 261-262; g55 4/22 24; g55 7/22 16; g55 11/8 5-8; w53 649; g38 11/30 17-18
results: g84 1/8 8-11; w83 4/15 28; g83 4/8 29; g83 5/8 29-30; g73 9/8 3-7; ev 142-144; g66 10/8 8-9
alienation from God: ce 184-186; ev 129; g67 4/22 28-29; g64 4/22 21-23; w63 683; bf 118-120; g62 7/8 14-15; g60 11/8 5, 7; pa 91, 95-98, 100-105, 164; rm 60-61, 180-186; ep 132-133; tf 221; rg 30-31
atheism: ce 184-186; g79 11/8 4; w64 390-391
Bible illiteracy: w84 2/15 7; w77 325-329; g75 6/8 29; g73 2/22 6; w66 566; g64 10/8 14-15; g64 11/8 24; g62 5/22 8; g62 6/22 27; g61 4/22 3; g61 10/8 19, 30; g61 10/22 30; g61 12/8 26; w60 616; g60 11/8 7; w57 40-43, 223, 351, 503, 580; w56 259-260, 711; w54 387; w53 112, 300; w52 763; g52 10/22 4
division of mankind: w84 4/1 9; g81 10/8 6-8; w67 299; g65 2/8 27; g65 4/22 4-5; w64 261-263, 297-298; g64 4/22 19; g64 9/22 10-12; g62 8/22 30; w61 345-348; g61 10/8 21-22; g59 7/8 4; w58 647; rm 90; w47 3; jo 4; w43 244
exaltation of creatures: ka 375-384; g65 8/8 30-31; g64 2/22 17-18; g64 12/8 6-7; w63 53, 731; w59 55; g59 5/8 6; g59 9/22 5-7; pa 165-166; g58 9/8 5-7; g58 11/8 5-8; w57 711-712; g57 10/8 23; w56 293-296; w54 361-363; g52 3/8 9-11; g51 4/8 21-24; g50 3/22 23-24
failure to change lives: g79 11/8 5; w78 4/15 4; w74 324; g73 2/8 23; g66 11/22 11-12; g62 6/22 6-7; g61 2/22 29; g61 3/8 26; g61 10/8 18-20; w59 55; w57 424; w56 291; g56 3/22 8; g56 8/8 7; g56 12/22 5-7; w53 300; w48 133
fanaticism: g62 8/8 29; w57 536; w43 23
intolerance: g83 11/8 3-11; g61 12/8 13-15
moral collapse: w78 4/15 4; g74 9/8 5; g72 4/22 18-20; g71 5/22 7; g66 11/22 11-12; w64 295; g64 10/8 12-16; g64 12/8 29; w63 521-522; g63 7/22 7; g62 3/22 5-8; g62 6/22 7; g62 7/8 13, 30; ns 126; g61 4/22 28, 31; g61 10/8 20; w59 55-56; g59 3/22 5-7; w58 37-38; g58 6/22 7; w57 502; w56 39; g56 8/8 5-6; w53 571; w51 324
superstition: w58 305-313; g56 11/8 18; w54 363; g39 7/26 28
war: w85 8/1 5-7; w85 9/1 7; w84 3/1 8; w84 4/1 9; w84 8/15 26; g83 3/22 29; w82 2/1 5; w82 12/15 11; w81 1/15 30; g81 12/8 30; w78 4/15 3; w78 6/15 15; g78 12/22 9-10; w77 359; w76 491; g76 10/22 7-8; g72 4/22 5-17; w71 483; g71 6/22 16-19; w67 299; w63 222; w62 237-239; w61 16, 71; yb61 25; g61 1/8 7; pa 95, 165, 167-168; g58 5/22 19; g55 5/8 6-7; w54 199-200, 363, 432-446, 684-685; g54 1/22 5-8; g50 3/8 5; g50 10/8 3-8; g46 11/22 3-11; ta 303, 316, 318-320; g45 4/11 10; rw 3-7; g41 10/15 11; g37 4/7 420-423
river worship: yb73 141-142; w70 297; g64 9/8 20
sacred writings: w85 7/1 4-5; ku 3-23; sm 18-21; im 20-21; g60 10/22 31; w59 326, 446; mn 5; g58 1/22 25-26; g56 8/22 5-6; w53 653-656; g53 1/22 16-28; w52 209-212, 233-236, 277-280, 297-300; w51 223; rm 19-20, 195-197, 280, 283, 287; g51 4/22 11-12; g50 3/22 24; g47 11/8 8; ep 73-84; g45 4/11 23-27; g43 1/20 9-10
separation from: su 87-88; w81 1/15 15; tr 131-139; w80 5/15 16-21; w80 12/1 24-26; gh 126-129; w75 692; w74 564-565; ts 187; g74 2/8 27-28; g74 12/22 9-10; g72 4/22 27-28; w69 259-263, 310-311; w68 158; km 6/66 3
snake worship: w77 727; g70 3/22 19-20; g68 1/22 17-21; g66 9/8 10
source of: g84 1/8 6-7; w82 3/1 4-6; g81 8/8 3-4; gh 91; ts 27-29; ad 179, 644; g68 2/8 22, 25; w64 196; w63 683, 691; g59 5/8 5-6; w58 647; w54 142; rm 90; w48 142; wl 25; rg 18; g39 9/20 16; cu 12; g38 1/26 17
star worship: ad 1552
State worship: g85 4/8 8, 11-12; w76 633-636; g76 2/8 10-11; w75 227-231; g69 6/22 31; w65 8-9, 12; yb65 12-13, 18; w63 731
sun worship: w72 584-587; ad 1559; kj 154-159; g67 3/8 18-19; w66 632; g66 9/8 9-10
tree worship: g69 1/8 23; g69 12/22 7; g57 8/8 21-22; w55 383; g55 6/8 21-24
voodoo: g77 2/22 31
ways to gain money: w82 11/15 26; ts 67-68, 70, 72
Witnesses expose: yb75 228-229, 235
True Worship
2nd-19th century: qm 276-277, 285; qm55 276-277, 285; g55 5/8 5; w53 300; w51 381
advancement: km 10/77 1, 4
duties: gh 124-126, 129-131; w73 136-141
Eden: ns 35-36; g59 5/8 5; pa 19; w57 232-234; w54 141; rm 43-49
exposing falsehood: w79 7/1 6-7, 13-19; w75 127-128; w74 35-37
first century (C.E.): w84 7/15 12-13; w83 9/15 16-17; w82 10/1 9-11; w79 7/1 22; w78 4/15 11-12; ad 316-317; w68 648-650; qm 279-283; g62 4/22 8-10; w59 305-306; g59 5/8 6-7; w58 73-75; pa 163; w57 681-683; qm55 279-283; w53 300; g53 8/8 11-12; w51 139-140, 280-281, 516-519; w47 92
gathering of persons to: w85 1/15 20
joy in: w79 12/15 28-29
modern-day restoration: km 12/80 3-5; yb75 34-45; ka 185-191; jp 14-15, 23, 100; w55 4-5, 268; qm55 297; w54 149-156; w45 19-28
nation of Israel: g67 10/8 8-13; g62 6/22 5; ns 116-117; w60 458-459; w59 305-306; pa 76-82; w55 373-374; rm 120-134; w48 142; ki 101-105; w39 340
need to worship Jehovah before outbreak of “great tribulation”: w81 11/15 16-21
new system of things: w57 240; nh 356, 361; rm 333-344; ow 29
patriarchal society: ad 1339; w70 367-368; w68 333-334; g59 5/8 5; g59 7/8 4; w58 742; w57 235-236; w56 145-146
proof of identity: w85 7/15 5-7; w82 3/1 7-9; g82 2/8 10-11; tr 122-130; g74 1/22 18-19; w73 387-390; w71 463-466; g70 4/22 24-27; w69 227-231; g69 8/22 6-8; w68 391-392; ms 413-415; w64 5, 91-92, 246-247, 294, 709-710; yb64 276; g64 1/8 7-8; g64 3/22 6-7; g64 5/22 3-4; w63 689-691; g63 6/8 5-7; w62 488; g62 6/22 5-7; w61 164; g61 4/22 29; g59 5/8 8; g59 7/22 5-8; g59 12/22 5-8; w58 261-264, 360, 619; g58 6/22 5-8; w55 117-126; w54 142-144; rm 16-17; g51 4/22 13; w36 332
reasons for worshiping Jehovah: uw 12-15; w75 233-240
reasons some hold back: su 122; w64 248-249
results: w83 5/15 29; w83 6/15 29; uw 40-41; po 4-7
change of personality: w83 10/1 4-7; w82 12/15 14-16, 23-24; w74 312; g65 1/22 5-6; w61 164; w60 16-17, 71-72, 143-145; w59 347; w58 466-467, 710-711; g58 6/22 6-7; g56 8/8 6-8; w53 343-344; w51 623
elevates mankind: w76 213
friends gained: g80 3/8 3-4; w75 123; g65 9/22 5-7
knowledge of God’s Word: uw 23-25; w62 200; w60 280; w56 145-147; rm 25-26
morality: w73 389-390; g66 11/22 13; g65 1/22 5-8; w60 16-17, 272-281; g60 4/22 26; w59 254-255; w58 35-36
peace of mind: w80 11/1 11-12, 18-19; ad 1280; g60 3/8 27-28; g60 7/22 5-7; g60 12/22 3-4; w59 55; w56 163-164; g56 10/22 7-8; w53 202; w50 102
successful: w76 214-219
unity: w84 3/15 10-14; w83 9/15 15-20; uw 6-9; w82 12/15 17-22; g65 4/22 23-27; g63 6/8 6; w60 465-475, 748-762; g60 6/8 7; g60 8/22 8; g59 7/8 4-5; w57 239-240, 515; rm 333-344
worshipers turned toward God: w84 2/1 17; su 147-149; uw 6-7; w59 529; w58 749; pa 81-82; w57 232-233; w56 14, 55
revealed by God: w85 7/1 3-6; w56 145-147; rm 25, 68
study necessary: uw 23-25; g66 11/22 12-13; w64 5, 69-70, 133-136, 296, 647; w63 611-612; g63 7/22 6; w62 200; w60 268, 532-535; w59 336, 454, 458-459, 497; mn 26-27; w58 401; pa 242-244; w55 125-126; lg 8-14; rm 19-32
truth basis for: w76 208-216
unity of worship: w84 2/1 16-26
way of life: tr 187-189; w77 617; w75 644-646; w74 84-85; w74 630; w69 477-478
with spirit: w78 4/1 31; w76 214; w76 327; ad 1675; w70 69-70, 680; w70 681-682
with truth: w76 208-213; g76 7/22 27-28; g74 12/22 10; ad 1675; w70 70-71; w70 680-682
world puzzled: bw 110-111; w70 497-501
worshiping God in his way: hp 176-183
worship of Jehovah being exalted (Mic 4:1, 2): uw 5-8; w81 7/15 16-21; w78 10/1 7; im 380