Ezekiel 20:32
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32 “You say, ‘We want to be like the nations all around us, who serve idols of wood and stone.’ But what you have in mind will never happen.
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Ezekiel 11:5
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5 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon me, and he told me to say, “This is what the Lord says to the people of Israel: I know what you are saying, for I know every thought that comes into your minds.
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Jeremiah 44:17
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17 We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like—just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!
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Revelation 9:20
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20 But the people who did not die in these plagues still refused to repent of their evil deeds and turn to God. They continued to worship demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—idols that can neither see nor hear nor walk!
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Daniel 5:4
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4 While they drank from them they praised their idols made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
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Deuteronomy 4:28
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28 There, in a foreign land, you will worship idols made from wood and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
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Romans 12:2
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2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
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Ezekiel 38:10
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10 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: At that time evil thoughts will come to your mind, and you will devise a wicked scheme.
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Lamentations 3:37
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37 Who can command things to happen
without the Lord’s permission?
Jeremiah 44:29
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29 “‘And this is the proof I give you,’ says the Lord, ‘that all I have threatened will happen to you and that I will punish you here.’
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Isaiah 37:19
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19 And they have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire and burned them. But of course the Assyrians could destroy them! They were not gods at all—only idols of wood and stone shaped by human hands.
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Proverbs 19:21
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21 You can make many plans,
but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.
Psalm 139:2
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2 You know when I sit down or stand up.
You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
1 Samuel 8:5
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5 “Look,” they told him, “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.”
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Deuteronomy 29:17
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17 You have seen their detestable practices and their idols[a] made of wood, stone, silver, and gold.
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- 29:17 The Hebrew term (literally round things) probably alludes to dung.
Deuteronomy 28:64
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64 For the Lord will scatter you among all the nations from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship foreign gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods made of wood and stone!
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Deuteronomy 28:36
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36 “The Lord will exile you and your king to a nation unknown to you and your ancestors. There in exile you will worship gods of wood and stone!
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