1 Kings 18:26
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26 And they took the bull that was given them, and they prepared it and called upon the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no voice, and no one answered. And they limped around the altar that they had made.
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1 Kings 18:26
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26 So they took the bull given them and prepared it.
Then they called(A) on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response;(B) no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.
Jeremiah 10:5
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5 Their idols[a] are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and (A)they cannot speak;
(B)they have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
(C)for they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”
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- Jeremiah 10:5 Hebrew They
Jeremiah 10:5
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1 Corinthians 12:2
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2 You know that (A)when you were pagans (B)you were led astray to (C)mute idols, however you were led.
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1 Corinthians 12:2
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2 You know that when you were pagans,(A) somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.(B)
1 Corinthians 8:4
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4 Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that (A)“an idol has no real existence,” and that (B)“there is no God but one.”
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1 Corinthians 8:4
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4 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols:(A) We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world”(B) and that “There is no God but one.”(C)
Matthew 6:7
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7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as (A)the Gentiles do, for (B)they think that they will be heard (C)for their many words.
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Matthew 6:7
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7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling(A) like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.(B)
1 Corinthians 10:19-20
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19 What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that (A)an idol is anything? 20 No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice (B)they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons.
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1 Corinthians 10:19-20
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19 Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?(A) 20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons,(B) not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.
Zephaniah 1:9
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9 On that day I will punish
everyone (A)who leaps over the threshold,
and those who fill their master's[a] house
with violence and fraud.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:9 Or their Lord's
Zephaniah 1:9
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Habakkuk 2:18
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18 (A)“What profit is an idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, (B)a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes (C)speechless idols!
Habakkuk 2:18
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Daniel 5:23
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23 but you have lifted up yourself against (A)the Lord of heaven. And (B)the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. (C)And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, (D)but the God in whose hand is your breath, and (E)whose are all your ways, (F)you have not honored.
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Daniel 5:23
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23 Instead, you have set yourself up against(A) the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives(B) and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand.(C) But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life(D) and all your ways.(E)
Isaiah 45:20
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20 (A)“Assemble yourselves and come;
draw near together,
you survivors of the nations!
(B)They have no knowledge
who (C)carry about their wooden idols,
(D)and keep on praying to a god
that cannot save.
Isaiah 45:20
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Isaiah 44:17
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17 And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. (A)He prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”
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Isaiah 44:17
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Isaiah 37:38
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38 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword. And after they escaped into the land of (A)Ararat, (B)Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
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Isaiah 37:38
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38 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple(A) of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat.(B) And Esarhaddon(C) his son succeeded him as king.(D)
Psalm 135:15-20
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15 (A)The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
the work of human hands.
16 They have mouths, but do not speak;
they have eyes, but do not see;
17 they have ears, but do not hear,
nor is there any breath in their mouths.
18 Those who make them become like them,
so do all who trust in them.
19 (B)O house of Israel, bless the Lord!
O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
20 O house of Levi, bless the Lord!
You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
Psalm 135:15-20
New International Version
15 The idols of the nations(A) are silver and gold,
made by human hands.(B)
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,(C)
eyes, but cannot see.
17 They have ears, but cannot hear,
nor is there breath(D) in their mouths.
18 Those who make them will be like them,
and so will all who trust in them.
19 All you Israelites, praise the Lord;(E)
house of Aaron, praise the Lord;
20 house of Levi, praise the Lord;
you who fear him, praise the Lord.
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