Isaiah 1:3
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3 The ox (A)knows its owner,
and the donkey its master's crib,
but Israel does (B)not know,
my people do not understand.”
Hosea 13:2
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2 And now they sin more and more,
and (A)make for themselves metal images,
idols skillfully made of their silver,
(B)all of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of them,
“Those who offer human sacrifice (C)kiss calves!”
Hosea 8:4
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4 (A)They made kings, (B)but not through me.
They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
for their own destruction.
Hosea 4:11
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11 whoredom, wine, and new wine,
which (A)take away the understanding.
Ezekiel 16:16-19
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16 You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful shrines, and on them played the whore. The like has never been, nor ever shall be.[a] 17 You also took (A)your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and (B)made for yourself images of men, and with them played the whore. 18 And you took your embroidered garments to cover them, (C)and set my oil and my incense before them. 19 (D)Also my bread that I gave you—(E)I fed you with fine flour and oil and honey—you set before them for (F)a pleasing aroma; and so it was, declares the Lord God.
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- Ezekiel 16:16 The meaning of this Hebrew sentence is uncertain
Romans 1:28
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28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, (A)God gave them up to (B)a debased mind to do (C)what ought not to be done.
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Acts 17:23-25
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23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: (A)‘To the unknown god.’ (B)What therefore you worship (C)as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24 (D)The God who made the world and everything in it, being (E)Lord of heaven and earth, (F)does not live in temples made by man,[a] 25 nor is he served by human hands, (G)as though he needed anything, since he himself (H)gives to all mankind (I)life and breath and everything.
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- Acts 17:24 Greek made by hands
Luke 16:1-2
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The Parable of the Dishonest Manager
16 He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had (A)a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. 2 And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your (B)management, for you can no longer be manager.’
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Luke 15:13
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13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in (A)reckless living.
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Habakkuk 1:16
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16 (A)Therefore he sacrifices to his net
and makes offerings to his dragnet;
for by them he lives in luxury,[a]
and his food is rich.
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- Habakkuk 1:16 Hebrew his portion is fat
Hosea 10:1
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10 (A)Israel is a luxuriant vine
that yields its fruit.
The more his fruit increased,
(B)the more altars he built;
as his country improved,
he improved his pillars.
Hosea 2:5
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5 For (A)their mother has played the whore;
she who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For (B)she said, ‘I will go after my lovers,
who (C)give me my bread and my water,
my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’
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 5:3-4
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3 Then they brought in (A)the golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank wine and (B)praised the (C)gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
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Jeremiah 44:17-18
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17 (A)But we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to (B)the queen of heaven (C)and pour out drink offerings to her, (D)as we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster. 18 But since we left off making offerings to (E)the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything (F)and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.”
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Isaiah 46:6
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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!
Isaiah 24:7-9
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7 (A)The wine mourns,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted sigh.
8 (B)The mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
9 No more do they drink wine (C)with singing;
strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
Judges 17:1-5
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Micah and the Levite
17 There was a man of (A)the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2 And he said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his mother said, (B)“Blessed be my son by the Lord.” 3 And he restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother. And his mother said, “I dedicate the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son, to make (C)a carved image and (D)a metal image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.” 4 So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother (E)took 200 pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a carved image and a metal image. And it was in the house of Micah. 5 And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made (F)an ephod and (G)household gods, and (H)ordained[a] one of his sons, who became his priest.
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- Judges 17:5 Hebrew filled the hand of; also verse 12
Judges 9:27
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27 And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them and held a festival; and they went into (A)the house of their god and ate and drank and reviled Abimelech.
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Exodus 32:2-4
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2 So Aaron said to them, “Take off the (A)rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. 4 (B)And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden[a] calf. And they said, (C)“These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
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- Exodus 32:4 Hebrew cast metal; also verse 8
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