Psalm 115:4
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Deuteronomy 4:28
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28 And (A)there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, (B)that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
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Isaiah 46:6-7
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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.
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 46:1-2
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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 40:19-20
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19 (A)An idol! A craftsman casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and casts for it silver chains.
20 (B)He who is too impoverished for an offering
chooses wood[a] that will not rot;
he seeks out a skillful craftsman
to set up an idol that will not move.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:20 Or He chooses valuable wood
Acts 19:26
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26 And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, (A)saying that (B)gods made with hands are not gods.
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Habakkuk 2:18-20
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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!
19 (D)Woe to him (E)who says to a wooden thing, Awake;
to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and (F)there is no breath at all in it.
20 But (G)the Lord is in his holy temple;
(H)let all the earth keep silence before him.”
Isaiah 44:20
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20 (A)He feeds on (B)ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not (C)a lie in my right hand?”
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Isaiah 44:10
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10 (A)Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing?
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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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Acts 19:35
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35 And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the sacred stone that fell from (A)the sky?[a]
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- Acts 19:35 The meaning of the Greek is uncertain
Hosea 8:6
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6 For it is from Israel;
a craftsman made it;
it is not God.
(A)The calf of Samaria
(B)shall be broken to pieces.[a]
Footnotes
- Hosea 8:6 Or shall go up in flames
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.”
Isaiah 37:19
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19 and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed.
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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 97:7
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7 All worshipers of images are (A)put to shame,
who make their boast in (B)worthless idols;
(C)worship him, all you gods!
2 Kings 19:18
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18 and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, (A)but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed.
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