Bible Cross References
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Leviticus 19:4
"Do not abandon me and worship idols; do not make gods of metal and worship them. I am the LORD your God.
Exodus 20:4
"Do not make for yourselves images of anything in heaven or on earth or in the water under the earth.
Exodus 20:5
Do not bow down to any idol or worship it, because I am the LORD your God and I tolerate no rivals. I bring punishment on those who hate me and on their descendants down to the third and fourth generation.
Exodus 20:23
Do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gold to be worshiped in addition to me.
Exodus 23:24
Do not bow down to their gods or worship them, and do not adopt their religious practices. Destroy their gods and break down their sacred stone pillars.
Exodus 34:17
"Do not make gods of metal and worship them.
Deuteronomy 4:16-19
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that you do not sin by making for yourselves an idol in any form at all---whether man or woman,
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Do not be tempted to worship and serve what you see in the sky---the sun, the moon, and the stars. The LORD your God has given these to all other peoples for them to worship.
Deuteronomy 5:8
" 'Do not make for yourselves images of anything in heaven or on earth or in the water under the earth.
Deuteronomy 5:9
Do not bow down to any idol or worship it, for I am the LORD your God and I tolerate no rivals. I bring punishment on those who hate me and on their descendants down to the third and fourth generation.
Deuteronomy 16:21
"When you make an altar for the LORD your God, do not put beside it a wooden symbol of the goddess Asherah.
Deuteronomy 16:22
And do not set up any stone pillar for idol worship; the LORD hates them.
Deuteronomy 27:15
" 'God's curse on anyone who makes an idol of stone, wood, or metal and secretly worships it; the LORD hates idolatry.' "And all the people will answer, 'Amen!'
Psalm 97:7
Everyone who worships idols is put to shame; all the gods bow down before the LORD.
Psalm 115:4-8
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Their gods are made of silver and gold, formed by human hands.
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They have mouths, but cannot speak, and eyes, but cannot see.
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They have ears, but cannot hear, and noses, but cannot smell.
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They have hands, but cannot feel, and feet, but cannot walk; they cannot make a sound.
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May all who made them and who trust in them become like the idols they have made.
Isaiah 2:20
When that day comes, they will throw away the gold and silver idols they have made, and abandon them to the moles and the bats.
Isaiah 44:9-20
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All those who make idols are worthless, and the gods they prize so highly are useless. Those who worship these gods are blind and ignorant---and they will be disgraced.
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It does no good to make a metal image to worship as a god!
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Everyone who worships it will be humiliated. The people who make idols are human beings and nothing more. Let them come and stand trial---they will be terrified and will suffer disgrace.
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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.
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The carpenter measures the wood. He outlines a figure with chalk, carves it out with his tools, and makes it in the form of a man, a handsome human figure, to be placed in his house.
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He might cut down cedars to use, or choose oak or cypress wood from the forest. Or he might plant a laurel tree and wait for the rain to make it grow.
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A person uses part of a tree for fuel and part of it for making an idol. With one part he builds a fire to warm himself and bake bread; with the other part he makes a god and worships it.
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With some of the wood he makes a fire; he roasts meat, eats it, and is satisfied. He warms himself and says, "How nice and warm! What a beautiful fire!"
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The rest of the wood he makes into an idol, and then he bows down and worships it. He prays to it and says, "You are my god---save me!"
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Such people are too stupid to know what they are doing. They close their eyes and their minds to the truth.
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The maker of idols hasn't the wit or the sense to say, "Some of the wood I burned up. I baked some bread on the coals, and I roasted meat and ate it. And the rest of the wood I made into an idol. Here I am bowing down to a block of wood!"
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It makes as much sense as eating ashes. His foolish ideas have so misled him that he is beyond help. He won't admit to himself that the idol he holds in his hand is not a god at all.
Isaiah 48:5-8
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And so I predicted your future long ago, announcing events before they took place, to keep you from claiming that your idols and images made them happen.
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"All I foretold has now taken place; you have to admit my predictions were right. Now I will tell you of new things to come, events that I did not reveal before.
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Only now am I making them happen; nothing like this took place in the past. If it had, you would claim that you knew all about it.
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I knew that you couldn't be trusted, that you have always been known as a rebel. That is why you never heard of this at all, why no word of it ever came to your ears.
Jeremiah 10:3-8
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The religion of these people is worthless. A tree is cut down in the forest; it is carved by the tools of the woodworker
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and decorated with silver and gold. It is fastened down with nails to keep it from falling over.
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Such idols are like scarecrows in a field of melons; they cannot speak; they have to be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them: they can cause you no harm, and they can do you no good."
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LORD, there is no one like you; you are mighty, and your name is great and powerful.
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Who would not honor you, the king of all nations? You deserve to be honored. There is no one like you among all the wise men of the nations or among any of their kings.
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All of them are stupid and foolish. What can they learn from wooden idols?
Acts 17:29
Since we are God's children, we should not suppose that his nature is anything like an image of gold or silver or stone, shaped by human art and skill.
Romans 2:22
You say, "Do not commit adultery"---but do you commit adultery? You detest idols---but do you rob temples?
Romans 2:23
You boast about having God's law---but do you bring shame on God by breaking his law?
1 Corinthians 10:19
Do I imply, then, that an idol or the food offered to it really amounts to anything?
1 Corinthians 10:20
No! What I am saying is that what is sacrificed on pagan altars is offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be partners with demons.
Revelation 13:14
And it deceived all the people living on earth by means of the miracles which it was allowed to perform in the presence of the first beast. The beast told them to build an image in honor of the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet lived.
Revelation 13:15
The second beast was allowed to breathe life into the image of the first beast, so that the image could talk and put to death all those who would not worship it.
Revelation 22:15
But outside the city are the perverts and those who practice magic, the immoral and the murderers, those who worship idols and those who are liars both in words and deeds.