Revelation 13:4
Revelation 13:44They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?”
Watchtower commentary identifies the dragon as Satan and the wild beast as the political world system. The "worship" given to them is illegitimate religious devotion — humans bowing to satanic and worldly powers. The verse warns Jehovah's people against participation in nationalism and political idolatry. The "wild beast" expansion of thērion is the standard NWT rendering throughout Revelation.
The verse is decisive on the proskuneō translation question. The NWT renders the Greek verb as "worshipped" here — twice — when the object is the dragon (Satan) and the wild beast. The same NWT renders the same Greek verb as "obeisance" all fourteen times its object is Jesus. Same word, different English translation based on theology, not linguistics. Pair with ("you must worship Jehovah") and (the angels commanded to do the same to the Son): in every case the same Greek verb. The translation inconsistency is itself the argument. If proskuneō means "worship" when Satan asks for it, and "worship" when the beast receives it, it cannot become "obeisance" only when applied to Jesus.
The NWT renders proskuneō as "worshipped" here (twice) when the object is the dragon and the beast — but renders the same Greek verb as "obeisance" or "do obeisance" all fourteen times its object is Jesus (, , among others). The split is theological, not lexical. The 1950 NWT used "worship" at ; the 1971 revision changed it to "obeisance" while leaving unchanged. The inconsistency is internal evidence of doctrine driving translation choice.