Bible Cross References
made gods
Psalm 115:4-8
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Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
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They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes they have, but they do not see;
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they have ears, but they do not hear; noses they have, but they do not smell;
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they have hands, but they do not handle; feet they have, but they do not walk; nor do they utter through their throat.
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Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them.
Psalm 135:15-18
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The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
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They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes they have, but they do not see;
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they have ears, but they do not hear; nor is there any breath in their mouths.
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Those who make them are like them; everyone who trusts in them.
Isaiah 44:9-20
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Those who make a graven image, all of them are vanity; and the things which they desire shall not help. And they are their own witnesses; they do not see nor know; that they may be ashamed.
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Who has formed a god or smelted a graven image that benefits nothing?
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Behold, all his companions shall be ashamed; and the craftsmen, they are men. Let them be gathered together; let them stand up; they shall be in dread; they shall be ashamed together.
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The craftsman in iron makes it in the coals with the tongs, and fashions it with hammers, and makes it with the strength of his arms. Then, he is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.
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The craftsman in wood stretches a measuring line; he makes an outline with a marker; he works it with carving tools, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it like the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, that it may remain in the house.
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He cuts down cedars, and takes cypress and oak, which he secures for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir tree, and the rain makes it grow.
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Then it shall be for a man to burn; for he will take some of it and warm himself. Yes, he kindles it and bakes bread; he also makes a god and bows down to it; he makes it into a graven image and prostrates himself to it.
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He burns part of it in the fire; with part of it he eats flesh; he roasts a roast and is satisfied; indeed, he warms himself, and says, Ah! I am warm, I have seen the fire.
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And the rest of it he makes into a god, his graven image. He prostrates himself before it and bows down, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me! for you are my mighty god.
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They have not known nor understood; for He has shut their eyes so that they cannot see; and their hearts so that they cannot understand.
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And no one considers within his heart, nor is there perception nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; indeed, also I have baked bread on its coals; I have roasted flesh and eaten; and shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I prostrate myself to a piece of wood?
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He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside, so that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is this not a lie in my right hand?
Jeremiah 10:3-5
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For the customs of the people are vain; for one cuts a tree out of the forest with the ax, the work of the hands of the craftsman.
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They make it beautiful with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and hammers, so that it will not totter.
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They are crafted into hammered work like a palm tree, and they cannot speak. They must be lifted up and carried, because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them; for they are not able to do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
Hosea 8:5
O Samaria, your calf has cast you off. My anger is kindled against them. How long until they attain to innocence?
Hosea 8:6
For it was also from Israel: The craftsman made it, but it is not God. But the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Micah 4:5
For all the peoples walk, each one in the name of his god; but we will walk in the name of Jehovah our God forever and ever.
Romans 1:23
and change the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.