Bible Cross References
helped
Isaiah 40:19
He is not like an idol that workers make, that metalworkers cover with gold and set in a base of silver.
Isaiah 44:12
The metalworker takes a piece of metal and works with it over a fire. His strong arm swings a hammer to pound the metal into shape. As he works, he gets hungry, thirsty, and tired.
1 Samuel 4:7-9
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they were afraid, and said, "A god has come into their camp! We're lost! Nothing like this has ever happened to us before!
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Who can save us from those powerful gods? They are the gods who slaughtered the Egyptians in the desert!
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Be brave, Philistines! Fight like men, or we will become slaves to the Hebrews, just as they were our slaves. So fight like men!"
1 Samuel 5:3-5
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Early the next morning the people of Ashdod saw that the statue of Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground in front of the LORD's Covenant Box. So they lifted it up and put it back in its place.
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Early the following morning they saw that the statue had again fallen down in front of the Covenant Box. This time its head and both its arms were broken off and were lying in the doorway; only the body was left.
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(That is why even today the priests of Dagon and all his worshipers in Ashdod step over that place and do not walk on it.)
Daniel 3:1-7
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King Nebuchadnezzar had a gold statue made, ninety feet high and nine feet wide, and he had it set up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
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Then the king gave orders for all his officials to come together---the princes, governors, lieutenant governors, commissioners, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces. They were to attend the dedication of the statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
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When all these officials gathered for the dedication and stood in front of the statue,
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a herald announced in a loud voice, "People of all nations, races, and languages!
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You will hear the sound of the trumpets, followed by the playing of oboes, lyres, zithers, and harps; and then all the other instruments will join in. As soon as the music starts, you are to bow down and worship the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
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Anyone who does not bow down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace."
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And so, as soon as they heard the sound of the instruments, the people of all the nations, races, and languages bowed down and worshiped the gold statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Acts 19:24-28
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A certain silversmith named Demetrius made silver models of the temple of the goddess Artemis, and his business brought a great deal of profit to the workers.
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So he called them all together with others whose work was like theirs and said to them, "Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this work.
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Now, you can see and hear for yourselves what this fellow Paul is doing. He says that hand-made gods are not gods at all, and he has succeeded in convincing many people, both here in Ephesus and in nearly the whole province of Asia.
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There is the danger, then, that this business of ours will get a bad name. Not only that, but there is also the danger that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will come to mean nothing and that her greatness will be destroyed---the goddess worshiped by everyone in Asia and in all the world!"
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As the crowd heard these words, they became furious and started shouting, "Great is Artemis of Ephesus!"
of good courage
Isaiah 35:4
Tell everyone who is discouraged, "Be strong and don't be afraid! God is coming to your rescue, coming to punish your enemies."
Joel 3:9-11
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"Make this announcement among the nations: 'Prepare for war; call your warriors; gather all your soldiers and march!
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Hammer the points of your plows into swords and your pruning knives into spears. Even the weak must fight.
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Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather in the valley.' " Send down, O LORD, your army to attack them!