Jeremiah 10:3
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Leviticus 18:30
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30 Keep my requirements(A) and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the Lord your God.(B)’”
Isaiah 44:9-20
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9 All who make idols(A) are nothing,
and the things they treasure are worthless.(B)
Those who would speak up for them are blind;(C)
they are ignorant, to their own shame.(D)
10 Who shapes a god and casts an idol,(E)
which can profit nothing?(F)
11 People who do that will be put to shame;(G)
such craftsmen are only human beings.
Let them all come together and take their stand;
they will be brought down to terror and shame.(H)
12 The blacksmith(I) takes a tool
and works with it in the coals;
he shapes an idol with hammers,
he forges it with the might of his arm.(J)
He gets hungry and loses his strength;
he drinks no water and grows faint.(K)
13 The carpenter(L) measures with a line
and makes an outline with a marker;
he roughs it out with chisels
and marks it with compasses.
He shapes it in human form,(M)
human form in all its glory,
that it may dwell in a shrine.(N)
14 He cut down cedars,
or perhaps took a cypress or oak.
He let it grow among the trees of the forest,
or planted a pine,(O) and the rain made it grow.
15 It is used as fuel(P) for burning;
some of it he takes and warms himself,
he kindles a fire and bakes bread.
But he also fashions a god and worships(Q) it;
he makes an idol and bows(R) down to it.
16 Half of the wood he burns in the fire;
over it he prepares his meal,
he roasts his meat and eats his fill.
He also warms himself and says,
“Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.(S)”
17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol;
he bows down to it and worships.(T)
He prays(U) to it and says,
“Save(V) me! You are my god!”
18 They know nothing, they understand(W) nothing;
their eyes(X) are plastered over so they cannot see,
and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
19 No one stops to think,
no one has the knowledge or understanding(Y) to say,
“Half of it I used for fuel;(Z)
I even baked bread over its coals,
I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable(AA) thing from what is left?
Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”(AB)
20 Such a person feeds on ashes;(AC) a deluded(AD) heart misleads him;
he cannot save himself, or say,
“Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?(AE)”
1 Peter 1:18
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18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed(A) from the empty way of life(B) handed down to you from your ancestors,
Romans 1:21
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21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.(A)
Jeremiah 10:8
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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)
Isaiah 45:20
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1 Kings 18:26-28
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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.
27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”(C) 28 So they shouted louder and slashed(D) themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.
Habakkuk 2:18-19
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18 “Of what value(A) is an idol(B) carved by a craftsman?
Or an image(C) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
he makes idols that cannot speak.(D)
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’(E)
Can it give guidance?
It is covered with gold and silver;(F)
there is no breath in it.”(G)
Hosea 8:4-6
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4 They set up kings without my consent;
they choose princes without my approval.(A)
With their silver and gold
they make idols(B) for themselves
to their own destruction.
5 Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!(C)
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?(D)
6 They are from Israel!
This calf—a metalworker has made it;
it is not God.(E)
It will be broken in pieces,
that calf(F) of Samaria.(G)
Jeremiah 2:5
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5 This is what the Lord says:
Isaiah 40:19-31
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19 As for an idol,(A) a metalworker casts it,
and a goldsmith(B) overlays it with gold(C)
and fashions silver chains for it.
20 A person too poor to present such an offering
selects wood(D) that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
to set up an idol(E) that will not topple.(F)
21 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?(G)
Has it not been told(H) you from the beginning?(I)
Have you not understood(J) since the earth was founded?(K)
22 He sits enthroned(L) above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.(M)
He stretches out the heavens(N) like a canopy,(O)
and spreads them out like a tent(P) to live in.(Q)
23 He brings princes(R) to naught
and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.(S)
24 No sooner are they planted,
no sooner are they sown,
no sooner do they take root(T) in the ground,
than he blows(U) on them and they wither,(V)
and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.(W)
25 “To whom will you compare me?(X)
Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.(Y)
26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:(Z)
Who created(AA) all these?
He who brings out the starry host(AB) one by one
and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,(AC)
not one of them is missing.(AD)
27 Why do you complain, Jacob?
Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
my cause is disregarded by my God”?(AE)
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?(AF)
The Lord is the everlasting(AG) God,
the Creator(AH) of the ends of the earth.(AI)
He will not grow tired or weary,(AJ)
and his understanding no one can fathom.(AK)
29 He gives strength(AL) to the weary(AM)
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men(AN) stumble and fall;(AO)
31 but those who hope(AP) in the Lord
will renew their strength.(AQ)
They will soar on wings like eagles;(AR)
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.(AS)
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