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!
Jeremiah 10:8
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Zechariah 10:2
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2 For (A)the household gods (B)utter nonsense,
and the diviners see lies;
(C)they tell false dreams
and give empty consolation.
Therefore (D)the people wander like sheep;
they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.
Isaiah 44:9-10
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The Folly of Idolatry
9 (A)All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame. 10 (B)Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing?
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Isaiah 42:17
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17 (A)They are turned back and utterly put to shame,
who trust in carved idols,
who say to metal images,
“You are our gods.”
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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Psalm 135:15-18
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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.
Psalm 115:4-8
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4 (A)Their idols are silver and gold,
(B)the work of human hands.
5 They have mouths, (C)but do not speak;
eyes, but do not see.
6 They have ears, but do not hear;
noses, but do not smell.
7 They have hands, but do not feel;
feet, but do not walk;
and they do not make a sound in their throat.
8 (D)Those who make them become like them;
so do all who trust in them.
Jeremiah 2:27-28
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27 who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their back to me,
and not their face.
But (A)in the time of their trouble they say,
‘Arise and save us!’
28 But (B)where are your gods
that you made for yourself?
Let them arise, (C)if they can save you,
in your time of trouble;
for (D)as many as your cities
are your gods, O Judah.
Isaiah 45:16
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16 (A)All of them are put to shame and confounded;
the makers of idols go in confusion together.
Revelation 19:20
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20 And the beast was captured, and with it (A)the false prophet (B)who in its presence[a] had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who (C)worshiped its image. These two were (D)thrown alive into the lake of (E)fire that burns with sulfur.
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- Revelation 19:20 Or on its behalf
Revelation 13:11-15
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The Second Beast
11 Then (A)I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence,[a] and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, (B)whose mortal wound was healed. 13 (C)It performs great signs, even (D)making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, 14 and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of[b] the beast (E)it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast (F)that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not (G)worship the image of the beast (H)to be slain.
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- Revelation 13:12 Or on its behalf
- Revelation 13:14 Or on behalf of
1 Timothy 4:1-2
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Some Will Depart from the Faith
4 Now (A)the Spirit expressly says that (B)in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to (C)deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2 through the insincerity of (D)liars whose consciences are seared,
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
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9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan (A)with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for (B)those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore (C)God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe (D)what is false,
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Romans 6:21
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21 (A)But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things (B)of which you are now ashamed? (C)For the end of those things is death.
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Romans 1:23-25
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23 and (A)exchanged the glory of (B)the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore (C)God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to (D)the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for (E)a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, (F)who is blessed forever! Amen.
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Jonah 2:8
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Jeremiah 50:2
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2 “Declare among the nations and proclaim,
set up a banner and proclaim,
conceal it not, and say:
(A)‘Babylon is taken,
(B)Bel is put to shame,
Merodach is dismayed.
(C)Her images are put to shame,
her idols are dismayed.’
Jeremiah 10:14-15
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14 (A)Every man is stupid and without knowledge;
(B)every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
(C)and there is no breath in them.
15 They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
Jeremiah 10:3-5
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3 (A)for the customs of the peoples are vanity.[a]
(B)A tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
4 (C)They decorate it with silver and gold;
(D)they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
5 Their idols[b] are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and (E)they cannot speak;
(F)they have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
(G)for they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:3 Or vapor, or mist
- Jeremiah 10:5 Hebrew They
Isaiah 46:6-8
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6 (A)Those who lavish gold from the purse,
and weigh out silver in the scales,
hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
(B)then they fall down and worship!
7 (C)They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
they set it in its place, and it stands there;
(D)it cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
or save him from his trouble.
8 “Remember this and stand firm,
recall it to mind, (E)you transgressors,
Isaiah 46:1-2
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The Idols of Babylon and the One True God
46 (A)Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;
their idols are on beasts and livestock;
these things you carry are borne
as burdens on weary beasts.
2 They stoop; they bow down together;
they cannot save the burden,
but (B)themselves go into captivity.
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 44:14-20
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14 (A)He cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypress tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it. 15 Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it. 16 Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!” 17 And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. (B)He prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”
18 They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand. 19 No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an (C)abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?” 20 (D)He feeds on (E)ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not (F)a lie in my right hand?”
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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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