Bible Cross References
have cast
2 Samuel 5:21
And they abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.
Isaiah 46:1
Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle; the things you carried have become a load, a burden to the weary.
Isaiah 46:2
They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but they themselves have gone into captivity.
for they were
Psalm 115:4-8
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Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
5
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.
Isaiah 37:18
Truly, O Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands,
Isaiah 37:19
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 have destroyed 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.
10
Who has formed a god or smelted a graven image that benefits nothing?
11
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.
12
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.
15
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.
18
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.
19
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?
20
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 10:3-9
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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.
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There is none like You, O Jehovah; You are great, and Your name is great in might.
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Who would not fear You, O King of nations? For fear is befitting to You, because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
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But they are, every one of them, dull-hearted and foolish; a piece of wood is a discipline in vanities.
9
Silver beaten into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman, and of the hands of the goldsmith. Violet and purple is their clothing; they are all the work of skillful ones.
Jeremiah 10:14-16
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Every man is stupid in his knowledge; every refiner is dried up by the graven image; for his molten image is a lie, and no breath is in them.
15
They are vanity, the work of delusion; in the time of their judgment they shall perish.
16
The Portion of Jacob is not like them; for He is the Maker of all things; and Israel is the rod of His inheritance. Jehovah of Hosts is His name.
Acts 17:29
Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine is like gold or silver or stone, something engraved by art and man's devising.