Bible Cross References
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Acts 19:10
This went on for two years, so that all the people who lived in the province of Asia, both Jews and Gentiles, heard the word of the Lord.
Acts 19:18-20
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Many of the believers came, publicly admitting and revealing what they had done.
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Many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in public. They added up the price of the books, and the total came to fifty thousand silver coins.
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In this powerful way the word of the Lord kept spreading and growing stronger.
1 Corinthians 16:8
I will stay here in Ephesus until the day of Pentecost.
1 Corinthians 16:9
There is a real opportunity here for great and worthwhile work, even though there are many opponents.
1 Thessalonians 1:9
All those people speak about how you received us when we visited you, and how you turned away from idols to God, to serve the true and living God
that they
Acts 14:15
"Why are you doing this? We ourselves are only human beings like you! We are here to announce the Good News, to turn you away from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven, earth, sea, and all that is in them.
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.
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.
Psalm 135:15-18
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The gods of the nations are made of silver and gold; they are 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; they are not even able to breathe.
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May all who made them and who trust in them become like the idols they have made!
Isaiah 44:10-20
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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 46:5-8
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"To whom will you compare me?" says the LORD. "Is there anyone else like me?
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People open their purses and pour out gold; they weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith to make a god; then they bow down and worship it.
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They lift it to their shoulders and carry it; they put it in place, and there it stands, unable to move from where it is. If any pray to it, it cannot answer or save them from disaster.
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"Remember this, you sinners; consider what I have done.
Jeremiah 10:3-5
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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."
Jeremiah 10:11-5
Jeremiah 10:14-5
Jeremiah 10:15-5
Hosea 8:6
An Israelite craftsman made the idol, and it is not a god at all! The gold bull worshiped in Samaria will be smashed to pieces!
1 Corinthians 8:4
So then, about eating the food offered to idols: we know that an idol stands for something that does not really exist; we know that there is only the one God.
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.
1 Corinthians 12:2
You know that while you were still heathen, you were led astray in many ways to the worship of lifeless idols.
Galatians 4:8
In the past you did not know God, and so you were slaves of beings who are not gods.