Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Corinthians 10:7

"Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play." — 1 Corinthians 10:7 (ASV)

Neither be you idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

That is, to go through those unclean rites and ceremonies before their idols which are here called, "play."

Ah, dear friends, may God keep us from the worship of anything which we can see with our eyes, or hear with our ears! May we never become idolaters!

You know, we can very easily make idols of our children; we can make idols of our own persons, we can make idols of our talents, of our respectability, and so forth.

But, oh! It does not matter what the idol is; it is no more pleasing to God if it is of silver and gold than if it were of the mud of the river.

No: Neither be you idolaters, as were some of them.